Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi obtained the Great Desolate Scripture, prompting Dao Sect’s leaders to reflect on the deal that brought her there and on Ying Huanhuan’s possible awakening. Lin Dong also succeeded in comprehending the scripture, and Mu Zi demonstrated how its desolation could be used to restore life to the land.

• The Blue-Robed Elder and Ying Xuanzi discussed Mu Zi’s record-breaking comprehension and Ying Xuanzi’s decision to trade access to the Great Desolate Scripture to form ties with Qianhai Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi told the Blue-Robed Elder that Ying Huanhuan wanted to cultivate the Ice Spirit Scripture, but he had not agreed because it could hasten her awakening.
• The light pillars around Mu Zi and Lin Dong faded, and Lin Dong’s display of desolate power confirmed that he had also comprehended the Great Desolate Scripture.
• Lin Dong tried to tap the Life Profound Flower on Mu Zi’s head, but stopped when she gave him a dangerous look.
• Mu Zi used her understanding of the Great Desolate Scripture to restore the desolated ground, making grass and flowers grow across it.

Zhou Yuan warned Yaoyao and Tuntun that a mysterious woman from another realm, whose strength might surpass his own, was approaching to settle the karma tied to the Saint Clan. The White-Clothed Woman arrived in Cangxuan Heaven, and Zhou Yuan, Yaoyao, and Tuntun faced the formidable visitor, Mu Zi.

• Zhou Yuan told Yaoyao and Tuntun that his premonition suggested the mysterious outer-realm woman would arrive soon and might be stronger than him.
• Yaoyao argued that Zhou Yuan was not responsible for the Saint Clan’s escape, but Zhou Yuan said the powerful experts of their realm might reasonably seek to settle the resulting karma.
• Zhou Yuan sensed that the visitor had arrived outside the Tianyuan Realm and opened a passage for her to enter.
• The White-Clothed Woman appeared in Cangxuan Heaven without Zhou Yuan or Yaoyao noticing how she entered, and her presence made Tuntun tremble.
• Mu Zi looked over Tuntun and Yaoyao before fixing her gaze on the solemn Zhou Yuan.

Mu Zi returned to Mu Family Village, reunited with Mu Lingsha, and decided to move the family into the Heaven Flame Mountain Range for safety. She prepared demon-spirit-controlled symbol puppets and a repaired mid-grade puppet to protect the village, then led everyone into their new home, where Mu Lingsha quietly made a decision.

• Mu Zi returned after half a year and reunited warmly with Mu Lingsha, who learned that Mu Zi had reached Yuan Dan Realm Great Perfection and fought a Qi Creation Realm expert.
• Mu Zi told Mu Lingsha she planned to relocate Mu Family Village to the Heaven Flame Mountain Range before leaving to train again.
• Mu Zi repaired symbol puppets and bound several dozen demon spirits to guard the village, then began repairing a damaged mid-grade symbol puppet.
• Three days later, Mu Zi led the villagers into the Heaven Flame Mountain Range and gave Mu Yun the repaired mid-grade symbol puppet to control.
• Mu Yun promised to protect the village, and Mu Zi urged him to retreat rather than risk his life against a stronger enemy.
• Mu Lingsha watched Mu Zi and Mu Yun talk, struggled inwardly, and finally made up her mind.

Lin Dong spent time with Ying Huanhuan at Dao Sect, but her growing attachment was shaken when Mu Zi arrived. The chapter ended with Ying Huanhuan running off after Lin Dong chose to show Mu Zi around instead of accompanying her.

• Ying Huanhuan played the qin for Lin Dong, who briefly felt moved before returning to his cultivation.
• Ying Huanhuan invited Lin Dong on a walk, and they encountered Mu Zi at Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan introduced herself to Mu Zi and challenged her to live up to Lin Dong's praise of her talent over Senior Zhou Tong's.
• Mu Zi privately scolded Lin Dong for speaking tactlessly, while Ying Huanhuan watched their closeness with pain.
• Ying Huanhuan asked Lin Dong to go to Sky Hall with her, but Lin Dong chose to show Mu Zi around Dao Sect, and Ying Huanhuan ran off.

Mu Zi revealed the Great Thousand Transformation Array and used power gathered from countless Lower Planes to defeat and seal Heavenly Evil God. She left him pinned and suppressed in the void, unable to use his forbidden technique or threaten the Great Thousand World.

• Heavenly Evil God unleashed a supreme demonic strike, but Mu Zi summoned a Brilliant Star River by drawing power from the Great Thousand World.
• Mu Zi's river of gathered power clashed with Heavenly Evil God's demonic light and caused his empowered evil eyes to close.
• Heavenly Evil God admitted Mu Zi had gained the advantage and began to summon the power to burn his God Bone.
• Mu Zi formed a spear from World Power, pierced Heavenly Evil God, and bound him in chains that suppressed his forbidden technique.
• Heavenly Evil God threatened to break free, but Mu Zi struck him into the darkness and left the seal.

Lin Dong entered a Secluded-level city in the Demon Domain to seek information about reaching the Great Thousand World. At an auction, he heard that the final secret concerned a woman from the Great Thousand World, and he waited tensely for the details.

• Lin Dong recalled Mu Zi and hoped she had safely ascended to the Great Thousand World before continuing his search for a way out of the Demon Domain.
• Lin Dong entered a Secluded-level city and overheard demons discussing a recent battle between the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Dong paid to enter the Senluo Auction House and intimidated a horned guard who eyed him suspiciously.
• Lin Dong bought a map of uninhabited Demon Domain regions at the auction and otherwise avoided bidding on its items.
• A middle-aged demon announced that the auction’s secret news concerned a woman from the Great Thousand World, and Lin Dong reacted with sudden interest.

After Heaven Yuanzi fled, Qian Yuanzi entered the Samsara Stage, and Mu Zi revealed that Yuan Sect had colluded with the Otherworldly Demons and enslaved Zhou Tong. The Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Qianhai Sect formed an alliance against Yuan Sect, but Mu Zi warned them not to attack its stronghold yet.

• Qian Yuanzi shrank to his true size after breaking through to the Samsara Stage, and Ying Xuanzi congratulated him.
• Mu Zi told the gathered leaders that Yuan Sect had been supported by the Otherworldly Demons from its founding and had betrayed the Tianxuan Continent.
• Mu Zi explained that the distant attacker had borrowed the Space Ancestral Symbol and identified him as Zhou Tong, who appeared to be controlled by the Otherworldly Demons.
• Ying Xuanzi, Lin Dong, and Ying Huanhuan reacted with shock and anger to the news that Zhou Tong had been enslaved by Yuan Sect.
• Qian Yuanzi proposed an alliance, and Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Qianhai Sect agreed to join forces against Yuan Sect.
• Mu Zi warned the alliance that Yuan Sect still had formidable defensive strength, so the sects agreed to restrict its influence rather than attack its headquarters.

Mu Zi recreated the Great Spirit Heaven Reaching Light after studying Bai Xian'er’s Great Spirit Saint Body and gifted its inheritance to the Great Spirit Ancient Clan. The clan confirmed that her divine ability could activate the Great Spirit Ancient Chart, giving them a path to train someone who could control the artifact.

• Mu Zi manifested a divine ability whose aura matched the lost Great Spirit Heaven Reaching Light, astonishing Grand Darkness Old Ancestor and the other Saint Grade experts.
• Mu Zi explained that she had evolved the ability from the mysteries of the Great Spirit Saint Body and gave its inheritance and her insights to Grand Darkness Old Ancestor.
• Mu Zi suggested the ability might activate the Great Spirit Ancient Clan’s Great Spirit Ancient Chart, which required the power of the Great Spirit Heaven Reaching Light.
• Grand Darkness Old Ancestor summoned the Great Spirit Ancient Chart, and it reacted as Mu Zi’s inherited divine ability approached.
• The Great Spirit Ancient Clan’s Saint Grade experts rejoiced that Mu Zi’s inheritance could let them cultivate clansmen capable of controlling the ancient chart.

Qing Tan arrived in the Sacred Dragon Plane and effortlessly destroyed the Blood Demon King and his forces. After explaining the Great Thousand World’s war against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, she promised to clear the enemy from the world and hinted that she had support.

• The Grand Imperial Advisor offered the city-state’s people to the Blood Demon King, while the White-Clothed Queen and her allies struggled with whether to resist.
• Qing Tan appeared and used a dark rune to swallow the Blood Demon King, the Blood Evil Clan members behind him, and the blood clouds.
• The White-Clothed Queen recognized Qing Tan as an expert from beyond the heavens, and Qing Tan explained that the Blood Evil Clan was a branch of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Qing Tan said the Great Thousand World, led by the Martial Ancestor, had defeated the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and was cleansing its forces from the Lower Planes.
• The White-Clothed Queen identified the slain Blood Demon King as one of the Blood Evil Clan’s six rulers and offered the Sacred Dragon Continent’s remaining forces to help Qing Tan.
• When the White-Clothed Queen suggested that Qing Tan need not act alone, Qing Tan asked who had said she was alone.

The Qing Branch competed for Elder Council seats at the All Branches Martial Meet, while Mu Zi’s presence restrained the Xuan and Mo Branches from joining forces against it. After the meet, Mu Zi traded her divine ability for a chance to examine the Buddhism Ancient Clan’s Boundless Light Body, and the Ancestral Tower trembled at her arrival.

• Qing Yue defeated Xuan Lin in the opening challenge, and the Qing Branch continued its campaign at the Martial Meet.
• Xuan Guang and Mo Tong recognized that the Qing Branch’s strength and its connection to Mu Zi made its rise difficult to stop, so they accepted fair competition.
• After the Martial Meet ended, Mu Zi offered Fu Tu Xuan the inheritance of Fu Tu World Suppressing in exchange for access to the Boundless Light Body.
• Fu Tu Xuan led Mu Zi to the Ancestral Tower, where the Boundless Light Body was hidden, and the tower trembled after sensing her strength.

Lin Dong and Qing Tan reunited with Mu Yun, Mu Lingsha, and Mu Zi, reminiscing about their past and meeting Yan Di, Little Flame’s sister. Their playful conversation about missed chances and who should be called “sister” ended with Mu Zi sending Qing Tan to sit with Ling Er at the children’s table.

• Mu Yun warmly welcomed Lin Dong and Qing Tan, then left the younger generation to talk together.
• Mu Lingsha and Lin Dong reminisced about their younger days, and Mu Zi teased him about not realizing she came from Mu Family Village.
• Mu Lingsha introduced Yan Di, the Fire Python Tiger cub, and Qing Tan told her about her brother Little Flame.
• Mu Lingsha and Mu Zi joked that Lin Dong might have met Mu Zi sooner if he had visited the village, and Mu Zi teased him about missing his chance.
• Qing Tan asked Mu Zi to call her Qing Tan Jie, but Mu Zi pushed her toward Ling Er and told her to join the children’s table.

Lin Dong and Mu Zi competed for an ancient piece of wood, then agreed to share its secret after discovering they had both cultivated Spiritual Power. Mu Zi opened the wood and received the information inside, but became embarrassed when Lin Dong eagerly asked what she had learned.

• Lin Dong and Mu Zi bid against each other for the ancient wood before agreeing to buy it together and split its secret.
• Lin Dong probed Mu Zi with Spiritual Power, and she retaliated by breaking through his spiritual barrier and scanning him.
• Lin Dong paid the stall owner ten Yang Yuan Pills for the wood after the owner raised the price.
• Mu Zi found a weak point in the Spiritual Power barrier and opened the ancient wood without destroying its contents.
• A beam from the wood struck Mu Zi's forehead, and the wood crumbled to powder as she absorbed its information.

After the test, Mu Zi brought the group into Trial Mode, where they could spend Martial Virtue to fight customized opponents. Ling Qingzhu tested a simulated Otherworldly Demon and unexpectedly received a rare divine object, leaving its identity and the group's next move unresolved.

• The group entered Trial Mode and learned they could configure battles by spending Martial Virtue.
• Ling Qingzhu selected a Low-Rank Otherworldly Demon, and Mu Zi explained the demon ranks and said the trials could prepare people for stronger enemies beyond Tianxuan.
• Ling Qingzhu destroyed the Creation Three Realms demon with a single finger, and it dropped a ball of golden light.
• Ling Qingzhu opened the drop and found a jade-white bracelet whose aura surpassed the Nine Heavens Immortal Lotus.

Mu Zi purified the Chaotic Consciousness that had corrupted the Immortal Origin inside the Eternal Pagoda. The Pagoda’s consciousness offered her the Eternal Undying Body, but Mu Zi clarified that she had come only to study its mysteries, not inherit it.

• Mu Zi restrained the Dark Gold Shadow and purified the Chaotic Consciousness within it, restoring the corrupted energy to Immortal Origin.
• The consciousness of the Eternal Pagoda offered Mu Zi the restored Immortal Origin as thanks, but she showed little interest in it.
• The aged figure revealed the Eternal Undying Body and explained that the Immortal Great Emperor had intended it for an inheritor with the potential to transcend Saint Grade.
• The consciousness of the Eternal Pagoda believed Mu Zi would inherit the Eternal Undying Body, but Mu Zi said the Primal Law Body was not her path and she had come only to comprehend its profundities.

Mu Zi visited the Mahayana Ancient Clan to seek the Eternal Undying Body, and Maha Tian guided her to Eternal Pagoda, where the Immortal Great Emperor had sealed it. As the pagoda’s restrictions barred Saint Grade cultivators, Mu Zi brought out Immortal Origin and began to alter its energy, preparing to enter.

• The Mahayana Ancient Clan learned why Mu Zi had come and agreed to guide her into Eternal City to seek the Eternal Undying Body.
• A Saint Grade Elder explained that only the winner of the Eternal Gathering could be acknowledged as master by the Eternal Undying Body, and that the clan could not guarantee Mu Zi access.
• Maha Tian led Mu Zi and the others to Eternal Pagoda and recalled how he had won an earlier Eternal Gathering but failed to become the body’s master.
• Maha Tian explained that Eternal Pagoda admitted only cultivators of the Immortal Golden Body and rejected those whose cultivation reached Saint Grade.
• Mu Zi produced purple-gold Immortal Origin and caused its color to deepen through a mysterious fluctuation.

Mu Lingsha used the Primordial Ancestral Symbol to overpower Lu Feng and his companions. After killing Zhao Kui and the other two, she launched a Primordial Arrow at Lu Feng, whose demon shadow was driven back as a second arrow followed.

• Mu Lingsha revealed the Primordial Ancestral Symbol and confronted Lu Feng, who dismissed the threat despite recognizing the symbol.
• Mu Lingsha infused herself with Primordial Aura and killed Zhao Kui with a single strike, destroying his Essence Spirit.
• Mu Lingsha killed the other two Yuan Sect experts and seized their Essence Spirits while Lu Feng attacked her with the Great Yuan Heaven Slash.
• Mu Lingsha withstood Lu Feng's strike and absorbed the Primordial Ancestral Symbol into her body, increasing her strength.
• Mu Lingsha fired a Primordial Arrow that shattered one arm of Lu Feng's demonic shadow, then launched a second arrow at it.

Mu Zi tested the Eight Ancestors Combined Attack Technique she had created, letting Ying Huanhuan and the other seven Masters unite their powers to contend with her Half Ancestor-level strength. She then visited the Symbol Ancestor’s statue in the Ancestor Palace Tower, where a faint ripple stirred after she departed.

• Mu Zi had Ying Huanhuan and the other seven Masters activate the secret method that joined their auras into one.
• The eight Masters used the Eight Ancestors Combined Attack Technique to withstand Mu Zi’s casual attacks and demonstrate Half Ancestor-level power.
• Mu Zi explained that she had strengthened the Ancestor Palace Tower, raising its chance of helping a Samsara Stage expert advance into Reincarnation from thirty percent to forty percent.
• Mu Zi visited the Symbol Ancestor’s statue and reflected that the Soul Summoning Scripture could only serve as a trigger, not fully revive him on Tianxuan Continent.
• Mu Zi told the Symbol Ancestor to rest in peace and left, after which a hazy consciousness within the statue sent out a ripple.

Mu Zi joined Qing Zhi and Mu Lan’s plan to capture the Yimo, and the Great Desolate Monument revealed that it needed ancient objects to recover its strength. After the Undying Holy Whale Clan supplied resources and materials, Mu Zi set up an array to repair the monument and left to pursue other matters, promising to return before the plan began.

• Qing Zhi recognized Mu Zi’s Samsara Stage strength and welcomed her into the operation.
• Mu Zi summoned the Great Desolate Monument, whose spirit recognized Qing Zhi as the Azure Dragon King and explained that it had been damaged suppressing a True King.
• Mu Lan offered ancient objects from the Undying Holy Whale Clan to help repair the monument, while Qing Zhi considered investigating an Ancient Battlefield for another divine object.
• The Undying Holy Whale Clan supplied Mu Zi with cultivation resources and ancient objects, and she used a spirit array to begin repairing the Great Desolate Monument.
• Mu Zi left the clan to attend to other matters and told the Monument Spirit she would return before the plan began.

Mu Zi restored Burning Heaven's intelligence, though he remained trapped in the Otherworldly Demon Region, and the group left the Heavenly Flame Ancient Treasury. Mu Zi then joined Qing Tan and Chen Kui to investigate a hidden trove deeper in the region, while Qing Tan privately admired Mu Zi's slender waist.

• Mu Zi used Life Qi to stabilize Burning Heaven, who explained that he would remain in a living-dead state until he reached the Reincarnation Stage.
• Burning Heaven decided to search the battlefield for surviving otherworldly demons, kept the Heavenly Flame Cauldron, and gave Mu Zi a token to summon him if she needed help.
• Lin Dong regretted spending twenty million Nirvana Pills on the array gate, but declined the pills Mu Zi offered to reimburse him.
• Lin Dong reunited with Ying Huanhuan and the Dao Sect group, while Mu Zi left with Qing Tan and Chen Kui.
• Qing Tan showed Mu Zi a map to a hidden trove deep in the Otherworldly Demon Region, and Chen Kui went ahead to scout.
• Qing Tan sent Chen Kui away so she could chat with Mu Zi, then privately marveled at Mu Zi's slender waist.

Mu Zi joined Qian Yuanzi and Qianhai Sect’s disciples for the Southeast Conflict, arriving at Southern Wilderness Hill to meet the gathered teams from both regions. As the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace appeared, Mu Zi had begun assessing the other sects’ young experts.

• Mu Zi insisted on taking part in the Southeast Conflict to help Qianhai Sect, and Qian Yuanzi agreed.
• Mu Lingsha trained with the Heavenly Net Umbrella while Mu Zi watched, then the sisters prepared to leave.
• Mu Zi joined Qian Yuanzi, Cao Xuan, Dong Xuan, and the other Qianhai Sect disciples as they set out for Southern Wilderness Hill.
• At the gathering, Cao Xuan identified the leaders of Symbol Valley, Ten Thousand Puppets Gate, and Wildlands Hall, while Mu Zi assessed their strength.
• Mu Zi surveyed the teams from the Southern Xuan Region, and several streaks of light announced the arrival of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.