Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi challenged Body Tempering Ninth Stage after the old woman accused her of cheating, and her first exchanges with Mu Gang left him at a disadvantage. The Trial Hall erupted as she warned him to use martial arts or lose.

• The old woman accused Mu Zi of cheating, but Mu Tao silenced her by asserting his authority as manor lord.
• Mu Zi challenged Body Tempering Ninth Stage to prove herself and pursue the highest rating, choosing Mu Gang as her opponent.
• Mu Gang attacked without martial arts, but Mu Zi blocked his strike with a single, unusually powerful Tongbei Fist sound.
• Mu Zi used Fivefold Overlay to drive Mu Gang back toward the edge of the arena.
• Mu Zi told Mu Gang that he would lose if he continued to hold back, and the Trial Hall erupted.

Xiao Yan told Lin Dong that the Burning Art seemed unusually compatible with Yuan Power, allowing him to advance rapidly and making him suspect a link to Mu Zi. Lin Dong considered whether Mu Zi’s mysterious breakthrough attempt could explain the connection, but her current state remained unknown.

• Xiao Yan explained that cultivating Yuan Power had brought him to the late stage of the Dao Origin Realm, and Lin Dong praised his talent.
• Xiao Yan admired Lin Dong’s strength, while Lin Dong said he was still exploring the realm beyond the peak of the Dao Origin Realm.
• Lin Dong asked why Xiao Yan had come, and Xiao Yan described the Burning Art’s unusual compatibility with Yuan Power and its possible connection to Mu Zi.
• Lin Dong considered whether Mu Zi’s current breakthrough attempt had caused the mysterious connection and wondered what state she was in.

Mu Zi advised Ling Qingzhu to preserve her Essence Power while giving her a Supreme origin, then promised to resolve Ying Huanhuan’s missing soul fragment. After preparing Lin Dong to inherit Tianxuan’s future, Mu Zi ascended to the Great Thousand World, where a powerful figure sensed that the future had changed.

• Mu Zi urged Ling Qingzhu not to abandon Essence Power and gave her a Supreme origin that let her transform Essence Power into Supreme Power without relying on the Plane Embryo.
• Ling Qingzhu decided to undergo the Reincarnation Tribulation, while Mu Zi promised to address Ying Huanhuan’s missing divine soul from the Ice Spirit Tablet.
• Mu Zi spent half a year in Tianxuan, then prepared to leave for the Great Thousand World after her twenty-fourth birthday.
• Mu Zi immobilized Lin Dong and deified the Ancestor Road for him, leaving him guidance and the method to condense the Source Dao Seal before she departed.
• Mu Zi ascended through a passage into the Great Thousand World as people across Tianxuan watched.
• A distant godlike figure saw an image of Mu Zi, watched the vision shatter, and concluded that the future had changed.

Yuan Gate’s demonic leaders prepared a counterattack against the three great sects, while Heaven Yuanzi, Earth Yuanzi, and the weakened Human Yuanzi reached the Reincarnation Stage. The chapter ended as Human Yuanzi questioned Lord Four Kings Hall about why they needed to act against Qianhai Sect.

• Lu Feng gathered Yuan Gate’s Samsara Stage Elders and announced the Sect Leader’s order to attack Dao Sect, Taiqing Palace, and Qianhai Sect.
• Lu Feng assigned Zhao Qian and Hua Shao to lead attacks on Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace, while he personally led the force against Qianhai Sect.
• Nearly twenty Yuan Gate Samsara Stage experts set out in three groups to attack the sects.
• Heaven Yuanzi and Earth Yuanzi revealed their new Reincarnation Stage power, while Human Yuanzi remained weakened by his damaged Essence Spirit.
• Human Yuanzi expressed his resentment toward Mu Zi, then asked Lord Four Kings Hall why he needed to lead the attack on Qianhai Sect.

Mu Zi shattered the Otherworldly Demon Emperor’s demonic stele and stopped his attempt to flee by summoning the Martial Spirit of Tianxuan’s living beings. After the Martial Spirit destroyed the emperor, Mu Zi vowed to send the rest of the Otherworldly Demon Clan after him.

• The Otherworldly Demon Emperor recognized that Mu Zi had used a Peerless Divine Ability, then fled toward the Plane Rift after his attacks failed.
• Mu Zi seized the emperor as he fled, but he dispersed his power into a vast demonic sea and tried to escape as a wisp of demonic qi.
• Mu Zi called on the living beings of Tianxuan to slay the demon, and their Martial Spirits gathered into a giant figure they named the Martial Ancestor.
• The Martial Ancestor’s palm trapped and compressed the demonic sea, and Mu Zi extinguished the Otherworldly Demon Emperor’s aura.
• Mu Zi vowed to send the Otherworldly Demon Clan down to accompany the dead emperor.

Lin Dong and Qing Tan entered Mu Family Village’s secret realm with Mu Zi and saw how its powerful beasts and prosperous clansmen had grown under her care. They reunited with Mu Yun and Mu Lingsha, who welcomed them as guests.

• Mu Zi showed Lin Dong and Qing Tan the secret realm and explained that its powerful Demon Beasts had once guarded the village before she freed them and rebuilt their bodies.
• Qing Tan praised Mu Zi’s kindness, and the group passed through the thriving village.
• Mu Yun appeared with a firewood knife, mistaking the visitors for fresh game before Mu Zi introduced them as friends.
• Mu Lingsha recognized Lin Dong, and he greeted her before introducing himself and Qing Tan to Mu Yun.
• Mu Yun welcomed Lin Dong and Qing Tan and invited them to treat Mu Family Village as their home.

After the Western Xuan Region’s forces were defeated, Liu Chang tried to recruit Mu Zi for Yuan Gate, but she revealed she had already joined Qianhai Sect. Qian Yuanzi defended her choice, suppressed Liu Chang, and then agreed to take Mu Zi to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

• Liu Chang killed Zheng Zhong’s body and captured his fleeing Essence Spirit after the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram failed and the Eastern Xuan Region experts broke free.
• Qian Yuanzi appeared with Mu Zi and took credit for obtaining the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram, concealing that Mu Zi had seized it.
• Liu Chang urged Mu Zi to join Yuan Gate, but Mu Zi said she had already joined Qianhai Sect as Qian Yuanzi’s disciple.
• Qian Yuanzi rebuked Liu Chang for challenging Mu Zi’s choice and suppressed him beneath a Yuan Power mountain.
• After Wu Dao and the other experts departed, Mu Zi asked to visit Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Qian Yuanzi used the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram to take them there.

Mu Zi reached the Symbol Master Tower’s ninth layer and discovered rubbings of the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Symbols, which she suspected the Symbol Ancestor had left as a path to the Ancestral Symbols for Lin Dong. She comprehended the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s Dao charm but failed to take the map before Lin Dong finally arrived.

• Mu Zi examined the two Ancestral Symbol rubbings and used the Pure Essence Symbol Seal to calm the Yuan Power stirred by the Devouring rune.
• Mu Zi guessed that the Symbol Ancestor had left the rubbings and an Ancestral Symbol map as an opportunity for Lin Dong.
• Mu Zi activated the Reincarnation Seal and simulated the Ancient Vortex Symbol Imprint to comprehend the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s Dao charm.
• Mu Zi tried to extract the map from the Devouring rune, but it no longer responded to her attempt.
• Lin Dong arrived on the ninth layer, and Mu Zi greeted him.

Boundless Old Ancestor and North Sea Dragon Kun fought over his attack on a North Azure Spirit Academy student, then sensed a powerful aura and rushed toward it. They found a beautiful young woman instead of the treasure they expected.

• North Sea Dragon Kun confronted Boundless Old Ancestor for attacking a student of North Azure Spirit Academy.
• The two Seventh Grade Sovereigns clashed, and North Sea Dragon Kun transformed into his dragon-fish true form.
• Experts across the continent recognized the fighters as Boundless Old Ancestor and the legendary divine beast North Sea Dragon Kun.
• The fighters sensed an immense aura that seemed to signal a supreme treasure, stopped battling, and raced toward its source.
• Boundless Old Ancestor and North Sea Dragon Kun arrived to find a beautiful young woman in white, leaving North Sea Dragon Kun stunned.

Mu Zi unleashed her Martial Path Dharma Image across the Two Worlds Battlefield, crushing the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s armies and overwhelming its Demon Emperors. As the Saint Grade battle continued, she entered the fray and struck several Heavenly Demon Emperors with Chaos Qi.

• Mu Zi annihilated billions of demons at the rear of the Demon Domain, prompting Saintly Heavenly Demon Emperor to recognize a resemblance to Heart Devil Thunder Emperor’s methods.
• Mu Zi unfolded “Dao Overturns Heaven and Earth,” covering the Two Worlds Battlefield in a starry domain that suppressed and slaughtered Demon Emperors.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperors tried to retreat into the Demon Domain, but the Great Thousand World’s Saint Grades pursued them while Mu Zi continued killing Secluded and Profound Demon Emperors.
• Mu Zi stepped into the Saint Grade battlefield, where several Heavenly Demon Emperors attacked her.
• Mu Zi summoned Chaos Qi from the stars, crushing the attacking Heavenly Demon Emperors’ bodies and making them scream.

Mu Zi attempted to cook magical beast meat for Lin Dong, but her uncontrolled Martial Path True Intents turned the soup into awful Dark Cuisine. As they continued evading the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, Mu Zi recovered enough strength to join Lin Dong in scouting a new continent.

• Mu Zi cooked meat soup in the Devouring Demon Jar and served it to Lin Dong, who forced himself to finish the bowl before admitting it was awful.
• Mu Zi realized her chaotic Martial Path True Intents had ruined the soup and tried to cook again, but Lin Dong stopped her and offered to make the food himself.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor sensed traces of outsiders in the Demon Soil and vowed to find and kill them.
• Lin Dong and Mu Zi traveled through the void in the Lapis Lazuli Bowl, moving from the core region toward the outer reaches of the Demon Domain.
• After reaching a new continent, Mu Zi told Lin Dong that her strength had recovered to roughly his level and went with him to scout.

Mu Zi and Ling Qingzhu encountered Liu Chang, who tried to reveal Yuan Sect’s secret before Human Yuanzi killed him and attacked them. The two escaped through a spatial treasure, but Human Yuanzi tracked his avatar’s location and sent his true body after it.

• Liu Chang approached Mu Zi and Ling Qingzhu and tried to expose Yuan Sect’s secret, but Human Yuanzi appeared and destroyed Liu Chang’s body and Essence Spirit.
• Human Yuanzi attacked the two, and Mu Zi used the Four Symbols Spirit to block his beam while Ling Qingzhu fled on the Green Lotus.
• Human Yuanzi intercepted them, but Mu Zi used a black spatial scroll to swallow the Green Lotus and transport them away.
• Human Yuanzi’s avatar followed them through the spatial crack, while his true body in Yuan Sect discovered that their location was shifting repeatedly.
• Human Yuanzi sent his Essence Spirit through a spatial crack to pursue the avatar.

Mu Zi refined the gains from the Dao Tribulation and developed a new use for her Dao Guidance secret method while Lin Dong advanced to the Dao Origin Realm. With the Heavenly Xuan World’s ascension stabilized, Mu Zi prepared to return to the Great Thousand World with Lin Dong and Qing Tan.

• Mu Lingsha teased Mu Zi about often mentioning Lin Dong, and Mu Zi invited Lin Dong and Qing Tan to cultivate in Mu Family Village.
• Over two months, Qing Tan strengthened her foundation and Lin Dong broke through to the Dao Origin Realm.
• Mu Zi’s Dao Guidance secret method sublimated, allowing her to condense Source of Dao from all things and use it to aid her cultivation.
• Mu Zi gathered Source of Dao from the Heavenly Xuan World and recognized that the five Primal Law Bodies could offer her greater benefits.
• After the Heavenly Xuan World stabilized, Mu Zi met Lin Dong and prepared to return to the Great Thousand World.

Lin Dong confessed his love to Mu Zi and asked her to marry him, but she rejected him and beat him when he refused to give up. Mu Zi ended their bond and left, leaving Lin Dong alone with the Devouring Corpse.

• Lin Dong told Mu Zi he had loved her since they first met and clarified that he and Ying Huanhuan were only friends.
• Mu Zi rejected Lin Dong and said they could only be friends, but he insisted there might be a chance and asked her to marry him.
• Mu Zi beat Lin Dong, but he declared that he still loved her and wanted her to be his woman.
• Lin Dong vowed to surpass Mu Zi's strength, but she told him to stop dreaming and said they would go their separate ways.
• Mu Zi erased her spiritual imprint from the Devouring Corpse and left, while Lin Dong watched her disappear.

Mu Zi helped Xun Er adapt to the Great Thousand World's cultivation system and asked whether she had encountered Lin Dong during her ascension. Xun Er had not, and Mu Zi left her poised to recover her strength with the help of a Spirit Gathering Array.

• Mu Zi learned that Xun Er had not encountered any other ascenders in the Plane Passage and wondered about Lin Dong's whereabouts.
• Mu Zi befriended Xun Er and gave her a method for converting Douqi into spiritual energy.
• Xun Er rapidly crossed cultivation stages, passed the Sovereign Small Three Tribulations, and reached First Grade Sovereign.
• Mu Zi formed a Spirit Gathering Array to gather spiritual energy and help Xun Er continue recovering her power.

One month later, Mu Zi and Mu Lingsha prepared to escort a merchant caravan to Flame City, hoping to gain resources and experience. The caravan was ambushed by bandits who surrounded it from both sides, leaving Mu Zi facing five Earth Yuan Realm opponents.

• Mu Zi refined Yang Yuan Stones and neared a breakthrough to the Earth Yuan Realm, while Mu Lingsha revealed that she had just reached that realm with Mu Zi’s help.
• Mu Lingsha told Mu Zi she planned to join an escort to Flame City, and Mu Zi decided the trip might let her find a Cosmos Sack or Fourth Grade Martial Arts.
• Mu Zi persuaded Mu Lingsha to let her join the escort team despite not having reached the Earth Yuan Realm.
• Mu Lingsha and the merchant caravan’s middle-stage Earth Yuan Realm leader guided the group through a forest where bandits were expected to strike.
• Bandits attacked from ahead and behind, surrounding the caravan; Mu Zi spotted four initial-stage Earth Yuan Realm cultivators among the rear attackers, in addition to the middle-stage leader in front.

Mu Zi climbed the Symbol Master Tower while Zi Yue and Zhou Tong contested the upper floors, and Zi Yue declared that Sister Zi Er could beat him. Lin Dong reached the seventh floor, where Zhou Tong mistook him for Sister Zi Er.

• Mu Zi recorded the formations on the second and fourth floors, then passed through the barrier to the fifth floor despite the other Symbol Masters' doubts.
• Zi Yue struggled to reach the sixth-floor barrier alongside Zhou Tong, who said Flame City would lose again.
• Zi Yue admitted she could not enter the seventh floor herself but told Zhou Tong that Sister Zi Er would defeat him.
• Zhou Tong entered the seventh floor and waited for Sister Zi Er, while Zi Yue stayed on the sixth floor to cultivate.
• Lin Dong arrived on the sixth floor, heard that Zhou Tong had gone up, and followed him to the seventh floor.
• Zhou Tong saw Lin Dong arrive and asked uncertainly whether he was Sister Zi Er.

The Eastern Xuan Region accepted the Southern Xuan Region’s challenge under revised rules, and the first battle began with Yuan Fei defeating Mao Shan and Wu Hong. Gui Li then entered the arena and revealed a peak ninth-grade Spirit Puppet, setting up the next fight.

• Ling Qingzhu resolved to shoulder more pressure for Mu Zi as the Southern Xuan Region agreed to change the rules.
• Yuan Fei defeated Mao Shan, smashing through his talisman attacks and destroying his robe Spirit Treasure.
• Wu Hong transformed and fought Yuan Fei evenly for a time, but his strength faded and he was defeated; Yuan Fei invited him to join the Southern Xuan Region, and Wu Hong refused.
• Gui Li summoned his lifebound Spirit Puppet, which Mao Shan and Wu Hong recognized as a peak ninth-grade puppet powerful enough to rival a Nirvana Realm Peak expert.

After driving Yue Shan away, Mu Zi recovered and broke through to the Yuan Dan Realm, forming a golden Essence Core and advancing to Two-Seal Symbol Master. The three witnesses were left stunned by her extraordinary breakthrough.

• Mu Zi watched Yue Shan flee and decided to destroy the Blood Wolf Gang after she broke through.
• Mu Zi took a pill to restore her Spiritual Power, then began condensing an Essence Core in her Dantian.
• Mu Zi used the Devouring Heaven Skill to draw in Yuan Power and formed an Essence Core as the three onlookers watched.
• Mu Zi’s Essence Core displayed nine Star Patterns, which fused into golden liquid and transformed it into a Golden Essence Core.
• Mu Zi absorbed the Golden Essence Core, entered the Yuan Dan Realm, and advanced to Two-Seal Symbol Master.

Heavenly King Hall emerged from his black coffin to rescue Third King Hall and Four Kings Hall after Mu Zi defeated them. Though he had not fully recovered, he confronted Mu Zi, who attacked him with her divine diagram and revealed that his injuries still weakened him.

• A black-robed figure awakened in a dark land, opened his eyes, and left after sensing that something unexpected had happened.
• Mu Zi defeated Third King Hall and Four Kings Hall, leaving them too weak to fight, and drew them toward her with an invisible force.
• Heavenly King Hall appeared and broke Mu Zi’s force, prompting Thunder Lord and Space Lord to guard her against him.
• Mu Zi saw that Heavenly King Hall had not fully recovered and attacked him with her divine diagram.
• Heavenly King Hall repelled the divine diagram with concentrated demonic power, but Mu Zi’s attack made his injuries worsen.