Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi counted the pills and martial arts manuals she had collected from the Ancient Tomb, but an inner barrier stopped her from reaching its deeper chambers. The next day, Lin Dong arrived with the Lin Clan group, left them to join Mu Zi, and sat beside her.

• Mu Zi found two million Pure Yuan Pills and numerous martial arts manuals among her gains, but wondered why the Tomb Master’s collection lacked Nirvana Pills and powerful treasures.
• Mu Zi discovered that the inner barrier was linked to the tomb’s outer seal and too strong for her to break, so she decided to return with Ling Qingzhu and the main group.
• Lin Dong’s group reached the Ancient Tomb camp and noticed that Wang Pan and the Wang Clan were there too.
• Lin Dong told Lin Ke'er he would not travel with the Lin Clan group and chose to go with Mu Zi instead.
• Lin Dong approached Mu Zi on the hillside and sat beside her.

Lin Dong and Mu Zi cultivated in the Primordial Tower’s seventh layer, where Mu Zi broke through to Life Profound Realm Great Completion and Lin Dong advanced his Azure Dragon Light Markings. The chapter ended when a piece of purple-gold skin shot out from a crack in the eighth-layer barrier, leaving Lin Dong wondering what it was.

• The Stone Talisman rushed ahead through the Primordial Tower, and Lin Dong and Mu Zi followed it up to the seventh layer.
• Mu Zi and Lin Dong absorbed the dense Primordial Aura while the Stone Talisman devoured it in a vast vortex.
• After half a month of cultivation, Mu Zi broke through to Life Profound Realm Great Completion.
• Lin Dong condensed his thirtieth Azure Dragon Light Marking and showed Mu Zi his improved strength.
• A crack opened in the eighth-layer barrier, and Mu Zi intercepted a piece of purple-gold skin that shot toward Lin Dong.

The Azure-Clad Sword Saint and Grand Darkness Old Ancestor considered how to protect Mu Zi from the Mahayana Ancient Clan. Elsewhere, the Battle Emperor defeated Qin Bei Xuan and chose Martial Ancestor as his next opponent, while Mu Zi began refining the Heavenly Net Umbrella.

• Grand Darkness Old Ancestor vowed that the Great Spirit Ancient Clan would defend Mu Zi if the Mahayana Ancient Clan targeted her, and the Azure-Clad Sword Saint decided to intervene if needed.
• The Battle Emperor defeated Qin Bei Xuan despite not having reached Immortal Grade, earning renewed awe as the Hundred Battles Emperor.
• The Battle Emperor received news about Martial Ancestor and decided that she would be his next opponent.
• Mu Zi reached a sparsely populated continent, prepared defensive arrays, and began refining the Heavenly Net Umbrella with the Spirit Transformation Divine Fire and rare spiritual materials.

Mu Zi entered the Tianxuan Continent’s hidden plane core to cultivate and forge a powerful path to the next realm. After three months of painful experiments and repeated failures, she continued her enlightenment without settling for an ordinary breakthrough.

• Mu Zi concealed spiritual seals throughout the void to prepare a surprise for the Otherworldly Demons attacking the Plane Seal.
• Mu Zi entered the Tianxuan Continent’s plane core, hoping to contact the Plane Spirit and find a way to heal the plane crack, but it did not respond.
• Mu Zi began deducing a new path in the core’s dense energy, testing her ideas on her own body and repeatedly suffering severe injuries.
• Mu Zi healed herself with a pill and the Devouring Power, then continued experimenting despite each failure.
• After three months of enlightenment, Mu Zi could have broken through to the Half Ancestor realm but kept seeking a more powerful method.

Lin Dong and Mu Zi shared a peaceful farewell before the Hundred Dynasty Battle’s final selection, and Lin Dong resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside her. At Hundred Dynasty Mountain, Yuan Sect elder Liu Chang arrived to recruit Mu Zi, only to learn that she was nowhere to be found.

• Lin Dong, Mu Zi, Little Marten, and Little Flame shared stories and laughter until the opening bell summoned Heaven Grade Nirvana Seal holders to Hundred Dynasty Mountain.
• Lin Dong nearly confessed his feelings to Mu Zi, but invited her to ascend the mountain with him instead; Mu Zi declined and left, saying she had something to do.
• Lin Dong told Little Marten that he felt Mu Zi was lonely and might one day leave for a distant place, then vowed to become stronger.
• Lin Dong and his companions reached Hundred Dynasty Mountain, where eight Life Profound Realm experts awaited the participants; Liu Bai identified Yuan Sect’s representative as elder Liu Chang.
• Liu Chang asked where Mu Zi was, but the gathered participants could not find her and said she was not on Hundred Dynasty Mountain.

Mu Zi led Qianhai Sect into the Otherworldly Demon Region as the Sect Tournament began, while Yuan Cang worried about the powerful opponents facing Yuan Sect. Qing Tan and Chen Kui hurried toward the tournament, with Qing Tan eager to reunite with Lin Dong and Mu Zi, unaware that Chen Kui sensed something was amiss.

• Mu Zi led three hundred Qianhai Sect disciples to the tournament grounds, where their strength drew attention from the crowd.
• Yuan Cang, Ling Zhen, and Lei Qian arrived with Yuan Sect, and Yuan Cang worried about Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and Mu Zi threatening Yuan Sect's dominance.
• The spatial vortex opened, and Mu Zi led Qianhai Sect into the Otherworldly Demon Region.
• Chen Kui flew toward the tournament with Qing Tan, who looked forward to seeing Lin Dong and Mu Zi and believed Lin Dong had surpassed Mu Zi.
• Chen Kui urged Qing Tan to gather more information, but she insisted they enter the Otherworldly Demon Region at once.

Mu Zi fought the five-eyed Heavenly Evil God and gradually gained the advantage, demonstrating power that could briefly rival the peak Immortal Great Emperor. As the Heavenly Evil God weakened, Mu Zi unleashed her Martial Ancestor Seal to strike at the dimming Five-Eyed God Slaying Map.

• Mu Zi and the five-eyed Heavenly Evil God clashed with Divine Abilities, and Mu Zi grew stronger as the battle tested her.
• The Undying Lord watched in shock as Mu Zi contended with the Heavenly Evil God, while Mu Zi realized his present strength was diminished from his ancient peak.
• The Heavenly Evil God recognized Mu Zi as an extraordinary opponent and suspected she had already dealt with the God-Slaying Demonic Spear.
• The Heavenly Evil God’s aura began to decline, and Mu Zi drove him back as the Five-Eyed God Slaying Map’s demonic light dimmed.
• Mu Zi gathered her power into the Martial Ancestor Seal and sent it crashing toward the Five-Eyed God Slaying Map.

Mu Zi told Han Xuan she would go to the Great Thousand Border to fight the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, giving the Great Thousand Palace a stronger ally than the Battle Emperor. After deciding to temper her foundation in battle, she set off with Ling Er and Han Xuan, leaving the Ancient Heavenly Palace sealed for now.

• Ling Er called the Battle Emperor's progress slow, and Han Xuan privately compared it with her and Mu Zi's cultivation speed.
• Mu Zi told Han Xuan she would head to the border to fight the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, and he thanked her on behalf of the Great Thousand Palace.
• Mu Zi planned to use battles at the border to temper her foundation after her rapid cultivation, while Han Xuan realized she would be a more valuable reinforcement than the Battle Emperor.
• Mu Zi decided not to open the Ancient Heavenly Palace yet because the sealed Nine Corpses Heavenly Demon Emperor might escape with Saint Grade strength.
• Zi Ling opened a spatial passage, and Ling Er, Mu Zi, and Han Xuan set off for the Great Thousand Border.

Mu Zi and Cao Xuan visited the Pill Refining Hall, where Mu Zi learned about its struggling pill researchers and sampled their inventions. The chapter ended when a gray-robed disciple offered her a Hundred Treasures Pill, whose scent immediately caught her interest.

• Cao Xuan explained that her cold body came from cultivating the Ice Demon Body, and Mu Zi sensed its formidable strength.
• Mu Zi and Cao Xuan entered the quiet Pill Refining Hall, where Cao Xuan explained that most of its registered disciples focused on cultivation rather than pill research.
• Mu Zi listened as the Pill Refining Hall's true disciples complained about routine assignments and the sect's reluctance to test their experimental pills.
• Mu Zi sampled several pills, including the Explosive Power Pill, Spirit Concentration Pill, and Essence Return Pill, but found none impressive.
• A disciple tentatively offered Mu Zi an aphrodisiac, but a gray-robed young man then presented his Hundred Treasures Pill, whose aroma delighted her.

Mu Zi reunited with Ling Qingzhu, whose rapid cultivation had brought her to the Returning Origin Realm Late Stage and the Ancestor Realm. They established titles for Tianxuan Continent’s four ancestors, then sensed an acquaintance beginning a breakthrough.

• Ling Qingzhu told Mu Zi that Tianxuan Continent’s improved conditions had helped her reach the Returning Origin Realm Late Stage, though she had reached the continent’s cultivation limit.
• Mu Zi let Ling Qingzhu examine and play with the Plane Embryo, then suggested the honorific title Jade Ancestor for her.
• Ling Qingzhu suggested Spirit Ancestor for Zi Ling after she rejected Mu Zi’s joking suggestion of Cute Ancestor.
• Mu Zi, Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and Zi Ling established the Heavenly Xuan Four Ancestors as Martial, Profound, Jade, and Spirit Ancestors.
• Mu Zi sensed a large energy fluctuation and recognized that an acquaintance was breaking through to the Returning Origin Realm.

Mu Zi told Lin Dong about a dream of an endless sea made of worlds and said she wanted to explore the worlds beyond their own. As Mu Zi fell asleep on the raft, Lin Dong wondered where his future would lead.

• Mu Zi remembered Ling Qingzhu and the sorrow of their changed friendship, then turned the conversation to the bamboo raft she had refined.
• Mu Zi described dreaming of a boundless sea where every wave was a broken world and said she believed the sea truly existed.
• Lin Dong was shaken by the possibility of worlds beyond the Great Thousand World.
• Mu Zi said she wanted to see the worlds outside and experience their countless sights.
• Mu Zi asked Lin Dong if they would always be friends, then fell asleep before he could answer.
• Lin Dong lay beside Mu Zi on the drifting raft and wondered about his future.

Mu Zi confronted the Heavenly Demon Emperor while concealing her true condition and preparing a hidden formation across Sacred Abyss. As he attacked her and Ling Er, the formation emerged and pierced his demonic palm.

• Mu Zi appeared before the Heavenly Demon Emperor with Ling Er and admitted she had killed the Spirit Demon Clan’s Quasi-Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperor demanded that Mu Zi seal her cultivation or let Sacred Abyss be destroyed, while Qin Tian and the other Heavenly Sovereigns gathered to defend her.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s pressure immobilized the gathered experts, but Mu Zi and Ling Er broke through it and charged at him.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperor struck Mu Zi and Ling Er with a vast dark palm, and Mu Zi activated a concealed formation spanning Sacred Abyss.
• The formation’s boundless light formed a meteor that pierced through the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic palm.

Mu Zi placed a character infused with martial true intent above Martial World’s plaza, allowing newcomers to receive martial arts suited to them. Mu Lingsha and the others gained powerful inheritances, leaving them astonished by Mu Zi’s abilities.

• Mu Zi wrote the character “Martial” on a towering plaque above the plaza, combining countless martial arts foundations into its true intent.
• Mu Lingsha studied the character and received the inheritance of Heaven Feather Meteor Fall, a martial art beyond Heaven Martial Arts that suited her exceptionally well.
• Ying Huanhuan and the others also received powerful martial arts by studying the character.
• Mu Zi explained that she had prepared the martial arts for them and that the character could currently produce only martial arts below Spirit Martial Art level.
• Mu Lingsha and the others accepted Mu Zi’s explanation but remained stunned that the character could grant martial inheritances.

Mu Zi arrived at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace with Qian Yuanzi and found her older sister, Mu Lingsha, after disguising herself as a black-cloaked attacker to test her strength. The sisters reunited, shared stories, and Mu Zi fell asleep while Mu Lingsha watched over her.

• Qian Yuanzi brought Mu Zi to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and gave her a token to enter while he visited an old friend.
• A black-cloaked figure ambushed Mu Lingsha in her courtyard, claiming Soul Hall had launched an attack on Taiqing Palace.
• Mu Lingsha fought the attacker with her sword but was bound by black chains and prepared to burn her essence blood.
• Mu Zi revealed herself, freed Mu Lingsha, and reunited with her older sister.
• Mu Zi told Mu Lingsha about her experiences, then fell asleep as Mu Lingsha gently held and watched over her.

Mu Zi broke Qing Zhi’s Azure Dragon Heavenly Throne Seal with a blood-red attack driven by her Martial Path Artistic Conception, destroying his clone and winning their battle. As Mu Zi’s own clone began to disappear, Qing Zhi admitted defeat, while she questioned whether her victory was fair.

• Little Marten recognized the Azure Dragon Heavenly Throne Seal as a threat beyond what even a Five Yuan Nirvana expert could withstand.
• Qing Zhi urged Mu Zi to surrender, then sent the Azure Dragon Heavenly Throne Seal crashing down when she remained silent.
• Mu Zi recalled the Great Desolate Sect disciples sacrificing themselves against a demonic shadow, and her resolve awakened a blood-red killing will.
• Mu Zi punched through the dragon palm and light seal, destroying Qing Zhi’s phantom.
• Qing Zhi identified Mu Zi’s attack as a Martial Path Artistic Conception and admitted defeat as her clone began to dissipate.
• Mu Zi said her win was unfair because Qing Zhi could not use his physical body’s full power, and Qing Zhi replied that she was also a clone.

Mu Zi secluded herself in the Heaven Flame Mountain Range to absorb the gains from the tomb estate, advancing her cultivation and perfecting her martial arts. After gaining enough strength to challenge Qi Creation Realm experts, she left for Flame City to keep her promise to Qing Tan.

• Mu Zi entered a cave outside the Heaven Flame Mountain Range to improve the Heavenly Yuan Seal and refine Heaven and Earth Return to Origin.
• After half a month of cultivation, Mu Zi broke through to Yuan Dan Realm Completion and became a Four-Mark Symbol Master.
• Mu Zi upgraded the Heavenly Yuan Seal to a superior martial art and learned to use Heaven and Earth Return to Origin in her normal state.
• Mu Zi improved the Goddess Jade Yin Art, greatly strengthening her body and becoming more powerful than Lin Dong at that time.
• Mu Zi left the cave and headed back to Flame City to fulfill her promise to Qing Tan.

Mu Zi used the Plane Embryo and her advanced cultivation to strengthen the Heavenly Net Umbrella into a Quasi Peerless Saint Artifact, while Symbol Ancestor’s consciousness continued to recover. Symbol Ancestor then told Mu Zi more about his origins in an artifact-refining family in the Great Thousand World’s Northern Border.

• Mu Zi poured energy and her Dao and Dharma into the Heavenly Net Umbrella, transforming its eight runes into Ancestral Symbols.
• After two months, the Heavenly Net Umbrella reached the Quasi Peerless Saint Artifact level and gained power that could threaten even some Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The Heavenly Net Umbrella showed affection toward Mu Zi, whose bond with its growing spirit resembled that of a mother and daughter.
• Mu Zi noted that Symbol Ancestor’s consciousness had stabilized, and he thanked her for helping him avoid perishing.
• Symbol Ancestor explained that he came from an artifact-refining family in the Great Thousand World’s Northern Border and had left to seek a breakthrough to Heavenly Sovereign before arriving on the Tianxuan Continent ten thousand years earlier.

Mu Zi defeated and captured the Flame Demon Clan Profound Demon Emperor after already suppressing another Demon Emperor, leaving the Secluded Shadow Continent’s experts in awe. The crowd identified her as the Martial Ancestor, and her appearance inspired some to consider joining the fight against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

• Mu Zi overwhelmed the Flame Demon Clan Profound Demon Emperor and sealed his demonic body in a ball of light for later study.
• The experts of the Secluded Shadow Continent reacted with shock that Mu Zi had defeated two Demon Emperors with only two attacks.
• Mu Zi left the world wall as the crowd watched her with reverence.
• The experts speculated that Mu Zi was the legendary Martial Ancestor and recalled her healing and other abilities.
• The Zhou Brothers sensed that Mu Zi’s arrival could have a major impact on the Great Thousand World.

Mu Zi tried to persuade Ling Qingzhu to wear her crafted shoes, but Ling Qingzhu used the Green Lotus to make Mu Zi admit that going barefoot felt better. Ling Qingzhu chose one of Mu Zi’s refined dresses, removed her veil, and took Mu Zi on their journey without her shoes.

• Mu Zi gave Ling Qingzhu a pair of Small Azure Shoes, but Ling Qingzhu showed that the Green Lotus felt more comfortable and coaxed Mu Zi into trying it barefoot.
• Mu Zi learned that the Green Lotus was an inherited treasure of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and invited Ling Qingzhu to choose another gift from her collection.
• Ling Qingzhu chose a Heaven Rank dress, adjusted it to fit, and removed her veil before rejoining Mu Zi.
• Ling Qingzhu teased Mu Zi about protecting her from lechers, then activated the Green Lotus to leave with Mu Zi.
• Mu Zi reached for her small white shoes, but Ling Qingzhu carried her away barefoot, leaving the shoes on the floor.

After Mu Zi and Lin Dong helped seal the True King, the Great Desolate Monument rewarded them with the Great Desolate Scripture. Mu Zi mastered the art and considered its strengths and limits, while Lin Dong struggled to absorb its vast information.

• The Great Desolate Monument praised Mu Zi's talent and recognized the promise of both her and Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong worried that the Great Desolate Monument might withdraw its offer, but the Monument Spirit honored their agreement and gave them the Great Desolate Scripture.
• The Great Desolate Monument explained that the Scripture gathered vitality from a vast area and then passed its teachings to Mu Zi and Lin Dong.
• Mu Zi easily absorbed the information, gained a deeper understanding of Desolate Intent, and cultivated the Scripture to great accomplishment.
• Mu Zi considered the Scripture's dependence on offensive arts and recalled that Lin Dong would eventually use it to absorb desolate energy across one hundred thousand li.