Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi browsed the Great Thousand Pavilion’s treasures and learned how Demon Subduing Points determined a person’s rank on the Demon Subjugation List. The chapter left her with the knowledge that becoming a Demon Subjugation King required slaying a Heavenly Demon Emperor, a feat no one in the current Great Thousand World had achieved.

• Mu Zi considered the Yin Yang Rebirth Pill and rare spiritual materials, including supplies for Ling Er’s snacks, but declined Lu Tong’s offer to exchange for treasures on credit.
• Ling Er noticed the Demon Subjugation List behind the counter, and Lu Tong explained that Demon Subjugators qualified by earning points from slaying the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Lu Tong explained that demon souls at the Earthly Sovereign level and above earned points, while hunting weaker enemies was difficult because the Extraterritorial Evil Clan could retaliate.
• Lu Tong said that Demon Subjugation Kings could command the Great Thousand Palace like acting palace masters, but no one currently held the rank.
• Lu Tong explained that becoming a Demon Subjugation King required slaying a Heavenly Demon Emperor in the depths of the Demon Domain.

Over a month of martial arts training, Mu Zi refined her techniques and created the Third Grade Heavy Essence Seal, a powerful art that could rival Fourth Grade techniques when its seals were stacked. With the Reincarnation Seal’s energy exhausted and her village’s resources insufficient, she planned to sell some of her spare martial arts at the Qingyang Town Trading Fair.

• Mu Zi mastered the martial arts collected by Mu Family Village and improved Lingbo Steps and Spirit Sword Finger.
• Mu Zi drew on Tongbei Fist’s principle of stacking power to create the Heavy Essence Seal, which could project essence energy and unleash force comparable to Fourth Grade martial arts.
• Mu Zi’s strength grew despite not reaching the Body Tempering Eighth Stage, but the energy stored in the Reincarnation Seal ran out.
• Mu Zi decided to sell some of the more than a dozen martial arts she had created and planned to visit the Trading Fair in Qingyang Town the next day.

Mu Zi challenged the Lord of Darkness to fight at her full Reincarnation Realm strength and used the Ice Ancestral Symbol to overcome her. The Lord of Darkness acknowledged Mu Zi’s victory after she unleashed a near-perfect Ancestral Symbol Eye.

• Mu Zi told the Lord of Darkness to use her Reincarnation Realm strength, saying the Ice Ancestral Symbol would otherwise give Mu Zi an unfair advantage.
• The Lord of Darkness raised her power to the Reincarnation Realm, and Mu Zi froze her black mist with an Ice Lotus.
• Mu Zi summoned the Ice Phoenix, which clashed with the Lord of Darkness’s Black Python and sent energy through the Demon Suppression Towers, destroying the imprisoned alien demons.
• The Lord of Darkness unleashed her Darkness Realm, but Mu Zi formed an Ancestral Symbol Eye and shattered the darkness with its icy-blue beam.
• The Lord of Darkness stopped Mu Zi’s attack but admitted that Mu Zi had won.

Qing Zhi, newly advanced to the Reincarnation Stage, invited Mu Zi to fight, and she accepted. The Dragon Clan gathered to watch as the two faced each other in the sky, poised to begin their clash.

• Qing Zhi asked Mu Zi to spar with him, and she agreed.
• Qing Zhi asked whether the Dragon Clan could watch, then arranged for its members to witness the battle.
• Dragon Clan members gathered in large numbers, and Yuan Qian and the Grand Elder arrived to observe.
• Qing Zhi and Mu Zi appeared before the crowd and faced each other as their battle intent rose.

Qing Tan agreed to let Mu Zi study her Fiendgod Body so she could grow strong enough to stand beside Lin Dong. Mu Zi said she had succeeded in controlling the cold qi and planned to stay with the Lin Family, while Little Marten began suspecting she might be connected to the Ancient Eight Lords.

• Mu Zi explained that Qing Tan could not yet condense a Yin Dan and needed to cooperate with her research, so Qing Tan agreed despite her misgivings.
• Mu Zi left the room and told Qing Tan she could seek her out at the Lin Family if she did not change her mind.
• Little Marten told Lin Dong that Mu Zi's claim of being taught by the Symbol Ancestor was doubtful, then wondered if she was a reincarnation of one of the Ancient Eight Lords.
• Mu Zi emerged and told Lin Dong she had succeeded; Lin Dong thanked her and agreed to let her stay with the Lin Family.
• Little Flame arrived, and Lin Dong and Mu Zi noticed its extraordinary strength and rapid growth.

Mu Zi intervened in the battle above Flame City, sending the Heavenly Net Umbrella to fight the Otherworld Demon Generals. The umbrella held off two of them, while Mu Zi prepared to face the remaining three.

• Mu Zi rose above Flame City and confronted the five Otherworld Demon Generals, surprising the onlookers with her intervention.
• The Heavenly Net Umbrella emerged and transformed into a massive black lotus, revealing power that could threaten Samsara Stage experts.
• One Otherworld Demon General attacked the umbrella, but it remained unharmed and countered with Dao Patterns.
• A second demon general joined the fight, and the Heavenly Net Umbrella battled both at once, gaining a slight advantage.
• Mu Zi turned toward the remaining three Otherworld Demon Generals and began raising her aura.

Mu Zi used her Flowing Light Shadow Breaking Array to overwhelm Song Wenyuan, Di Fei, and the scar-faced man, then prepared to finish them with her Heavenly Yuan Seal. The chapter ended as the seal crashed toward the three in their despair.

• The Song Family panicked as Mu Zi's spiritual array covered their territory and trapped those gathered in the reception hall.
• Di Fei attacked Mu Zi with his Mountainous Blade Technique, but her array's light pillar easily stopped his strike.
• Mu Zi unleashed dozens of light pillars from her Flowing Light Shadow Breaking Array, forcing the three experts to expend their strength to defend themselves.
• Song Wenyuan begged Mu Zi to spare their lives, and she agreed only if they could withstand one more move.
• Mu Zi formed the Heavenly Yuan Seal and drove it down toward Song Wenyuan, Di Fei, and the scar-faced man.

Mu Zi reached the peak of her cultivation and glimpsed Yuan Zun across the River of Time before entering it to pursue transcendence. Protected by her power of reincarnation, she began her dangerous plan to practice Wu Dao within the river and build an unprecedented foundation.

• Mu Zi unleashed her full power, stirring the River of Time and briefly looking across ages at Yuan Zun in the Tianyuan Realm.
• Mu Zi sealed away the karmic connection with Yuan Zun and prepared to enter the River of Time.
• Mu Zi stepped into the river, where the Power of Time began eroding her body and turning her hair white.
• Mu Zi used her power of reincarnation to withstand the erosion and restore her white hair to black.
• Mu Zi began integrating herself into the River of Time to achieve Wu Dao across the ages.

Han Xuan of the Great Thousand Palace asked Mu Zi to release Battle Emperor so he could help fight the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Mu Zi challenged the request by pointing out Battle Emperor had never fought on the frontier, and Han Xuan accepted that her argument was reasonable.

• Mu Zi detected Han Xuan hiding nearby, and he revealed himself as an officiant of the Great Thousand Palace.
• Han Xuan asked Mu Zi to show leniency to Battle Emperor and free him to fight the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Ling Er objected to changing Battle Emperor's ten-year sentence, and Han Xuan clarified that the Great Thousand Palace would not interfere.
• Mu Zi asked whether Battle Emperor had fought at the frontier or slain any Demon Emperors, and Han Xuan admitted he had done neither.
• Mu Zi criticized Battle Emperor for challenging opponents in the Great Thousand World instead of fighting the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, and Han Xuan agreed her words were reasonable.

Mu Zi developed the prototype of an Inner World cultivation system but decided it did not suit her and set it aside for now. After recovering her strength, she prepared to take a different path.

• Mu Zi created a phantom world while exploring the Inner World method, which would let cultivators nurture a world within themselves and grow alongside it.
• Mu Zi judged that the Inner World did not suit her path or preferences and abandoned the idea for the time being.
• Mu Zi examined her immense Sea of Reincarnation and Divine Palace, whose extraordinary foundations let her rival a Half Ancestor at the Third Cycle Reincarnation Realm.
• Mu Zi dispersed the phantom world, recovered her strength, and prepared to take another step.

Mu Zi brought Qing Tan to the underground magma prison to meet the Flame Master and kill the Great Heavenly Demon King. The newly awakened Flame Master was shocked by how much Mu Zi had grown and offered to help activate the formation, but Mu Zi said she could kill the beast without trouble.

• Mu Zi brought Qing Tan to the lake hiding the magma prison and bypassed its warning formation.
• Mu Zi and Qing Tan entered the vast formation where the Flame Master awakened from his crystal coffin.
• Qing Tan felt overwhelmed by the Flame Master's aura and was astonished that Mu Zi could defeat beings of his level.
• The Flame Master recognized Mu Zi as the woman who had taken the Flame God Ancient Token and realized she had come to kill the Great Heavenly Demon King.
• The Flame Master offered to activate the formation and help suppress the demon, but Mu Zi refused, saying she could kill it easily.

Lin Dong endured an intensified lightning trial in the Azure Dragon Hall and broke through his physical limits, while Mu Zi discovered how the Four Symbols Spirits could be summoned. Mu Zi obtained the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise Spirits, leaving only the Azure Dragon Spirit to find.

• Lin Dong entered the Azure Dragon Hall's sea of lightning and, after Little Marten explained the trial, endured its flesh-strengthening energy without using the Devouring Power.
• Mu Zi and Little Marten increased the lightning baptism to accelerate Lin Dong's progress, and Lin Dong endured the torment until he surpassed his limits and advanced through the sea.
• In the White Tiger Hall, Mu Zi sensed the battlefield's rhythm and summoned the White Tiger Spirit while Little Flame continued his trial.
• Mu Zi recognized that the Four Symbols Spirits were naturally born Martial Spirits and could serve as the basis for powerful Spirit Martial Arts.
• Mu Zi witnessed the Vermilion Bird Spirit in Liu Bai's hall and the Black Tortoise Spirit in Yan Sen's hall, then ended her clone after confirming that only the Azure Dragon Spirit remained.

Mu Zi entered the Ten Thousand Demons Hall alone and attacked the gathered Demon Emperors, killing a newly advanced Heavenly Demon Emperor and overpowering the Heart Heavenly Demon Emperor. She trapped the demons in her Martial Path Starry Sky and confronted the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, vowing to kill him.

• Mu Zi appeared inside the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, where the Demon Emperors had gathered to target her.
• A newly advanced Heavenly Demon Emperor threatened Mu Zi, and she killed him with a beam of Immortal Light.
• The Heart Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked Mu Zi, but she repelled him and sent him flying.
• Mu Zi trapped the demons in her Martial Path Starry Sky and used Supreme Heart Devil to withstand their attacks.
• Mu Zi appeared before the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and vowed to send him to extinction.

Mu Zi collected the Spirit Treasures while fighting off Lin Ke'er and a crowd of Completion experts, then used Lin Dong as a decoy to escape. Lin Dong was left facing the crowd as they decided to take the Spirit Treasure she had thrown him.

• Lin Ke'er tried to take a saber-shaped Spirit Treasure, but Mu Zi blocked her with the Ice Soul Sword.
• Mu Zi empowered the Ice Soul Sword with a deep chill and forced Lin Ke'er to retreat from their clash.
• Mu Zi collected the remaining Spirit Treasures as more experts entered the Great Hall and surrounded her.
• Lin Dong arrived riding Little Flame, and Mu Zi threw him a spear-shaped Spirit Treasure while telling everyone to split up and run.
• Mu Zi escaped into a passage, and the crowd turned toward Lin Dong to seize his Spirit Treasure.

Mu Zi and Huangpu Sheng drove Wang Lei away after a fierce battle, then Mu Zi traveled to the Great Qing Dynasty and reached its Imperial City. There, she discovered a young arena master offering a large Nirvana Pill reward and realized the girl was a Half-Step Nirvana expert.

• Huangpu Sheng blocked Wang Lei from attacking Mu Zi, and Mu Zi used the Heavenly Net Umbrella to help him overwhelm Wang Lei.
• Wang Lei feigned a self-destruction and escaped, after which Mu Zi thanked Huangpu Sheng and agreed to consider visiting Huangpu Jing.
• Mu Zi traveled to the Great Qing Dynasty, gathered refining materials, and arrived in its Imperial City after five months.
• Mu Zi followed a crowd to an arena where a young girl offered challengers Nirvana Pills and a hundred thousand Nirvana Pills for defeating her.
• Mu Zi sensed that the seemingly timid girl in green was a Half-Step Nirvana expert.

Yellow Dragon Stronghold’s bandits attacked the caravan after their chieftain ordered them to seize all its goods, and Mu Lingsha drew four Earth Yuan Realm cultivators away to give Mu Zi a chance to escape. Left behind, Mu Zi watched them go and resolved to make the forest their burial ground.

• The bandit leader refused the old man’s offer of goods and explained that Yellow Dragon Stronghold wanted everything because two traitors had stolen the chieftain’s Yang Yuan Pills.
• The bandits attacked the caravan, and the leader engaged the old man while four Earth Yuan Realm cultivators targeted Mu Lingsha.
• Mu Lingsha decided to lure the four enemies away so Mu Zi could escape, but Mu Zi tried to stop her.
• Mu Lingsha shot one pursuer with her Azure Wood Bow, then ran into the forest and provoked all four men into chasing her.
• Mu Zi watched Mu Lingsha lead the enemies away and vowed that the forest would become their burial ground.

After Lin Dong was restored in the Death Flame Spirit Pool, Mu Zi told him that an alternate version of his life could have brought him happiness with other women, but he insisted that meeting her was his greatest happiness. Mu Zi then used a story about choosing a father over a husband to argue that their unique bond should not become a marriage, leaving Lin Dong puzzled by her meaning.

• Mu Zi replenished the Death Flame Spirit Pool with Death Qi, and Lin Dong emerged from the charred mass renewed.
• Tang Xinlian and the others left the pool, giving Lin Dong and Mu Zi privacy to speak.
• Mu Zi described an alternate story in which Lin Dong found love with other women and said he would have been happier without her.
• Lin Dong told Mu Zi that their shared experiences mattered more to him than that imagined story and called meeting her his greatest happiness.
• Mu Zi told Lin Dong that a woman could have many husbands but only one father, then said their relationship was unique and walked away.
• Lin Dong stayed behind, trying to understand Mu Zi's words.

Mu Zi connected the Martial World across Tianxuan Continent, creating a vast spiritual space whose collective wisdom could help her find a path to further breakthroughs. Afterward, she reunited with Lin Dong, who had reached the Reincarnation Stage, while Mu Zi had passed the Triple Samsara Tribulation and advanced far beyond him.

• Mu Zi expanded the Martial World across Tianxuan Continent, linking six spiritual spaces into one world accessible to all living beings.
• Little Marten witnessed the Martial World's emergence and decided to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough into Samsara.
• Ancient experts across the Demon Domain sensed the new world’s overwhelming aura and withdrew their perceptions in alarm.
• The Martial World opened to the people of Tianxuan, allowing their cultivation and exchanges to generate insights that could aid Mu Zi’s progress.
• Mu Zi reunited with Lin Dong and learned that he had reached the Reincarnation Stage, while he confirmed that she had passed all three Samsara Tribulations.

Mu Zi tested the Yuan Power she gained after reaching the sixth layer of Body Tempering, then chose Spirit Sword Finger at the Martial Arts Pavilion to address her lack of a decisive attack. She quickly mastered the art and prepared to use the Reincarnation Seal to improve it.

• Mu Zi shattered a large rock with a Yuan Power-enhanced punch and walked across a stream using Lingbo Steps.
• Mu Zi reflected on her battle with the Crimson Lion and decided she needed a stronger martial art than Tongbei Fist.
• Mu Zi visited the Martial Arts Pavilion, where Mu Tian warned her that Spirit Sword Finger required Yuan Power.
• Mu Zi chose Spirit Sword Finger, took its manual home, and mastered the art almost immediately.
• Mu Zi focused her mind and called out, "Reincarnation Seal, open!"

Mu Zi used Lin Dong's body to confront Demon Prison's invasion as two King Halls and their forces appeared. She trapped the other demons and fought Seventh King Hall, but he gained the upper hand and claimed Lin Dong's body was too weak to match him.

• Mu Zi continued analyzing the Source Demon Qi while Demon Prison's forces gathered outside the Great Hall.
• Lin Dong recognized the two King Halls as threats comparable to Second Cycle Reincarnation, and Mu Zi reassured him that she would not let him die.
• Mu Zi summoned the Great Desolate Monument to engage Ten King Hall and used the Universe Ancient Array, reinforced by the Profound Heaven Hall, to trap the other demons.
• Mu Zi ambushed Seventh King Hall with Devouring Power, but their punches collided and sent Lin Dong flying backward.
• Seventh King Hall told Mu Zi that Lin Dong's body was too weak for her to defeat him.