Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi and her companions were welcomed into the Luo God Clan by Young Clan Leader Luo Tianli, while Xun Er asked for news of people from their Lower Plane. Mu Zi sensed that someone Xun Er had been searching for was nearby, leaving Xun Er hopeful as Luo Tianli went to consult his father.

• Luo Tianli greeted Mu Zi, Xiao Xun Er, and their companions, then led them through the Luo God Clan to their guest quarters.
• Mu Zi learned that Luo Tian Shen was Luo Tianli’s father and realized Luo Tianli was Luo Li’s father.
• Xun Er asked Luo Tianli about people from a Lower Plane, and he offered to ask Luo Tian Shen and have the clan search for them.
• Mu Zi sensed a flame-like fluctuation in a hidden part of the clan and told Xun Er that she would find someone this time.
• Luo Tianli told Luo Tianlong he would report the Azure Cloud Fu Clan’s arrival to his father, then they discussed Yun Yao’s participation in the Luo Goddess Ritual.

Mu Zi and Shi Luo exchanged insights into physical cultivation before the experts of Sacred Abyss. Shi Luo was enlightened by Mu Zi’s profound physical realm, while Mu Zi refined her foundation and moved closer to the mysteries of the next realm.

• Mu Zi agreed to discuss the Dao with Shi Luo, and they appeared in the sky above Sacred Abyss as experts watched.
• Shi Luo revealed his powerful body, prompting the experts and Qin Tian to recognize his formidable physical cultivation.
• Mu Zi identified the principles behind Shi Luo’s Flawless Golden Body Art, surprising him with her insight.
• Mu Zi revealed her own physical cultivation, and Shi Luo sensed a profound, self-contained world within her.
• Mu Zi studied her body’s threads, opened more Gates of Potential, and strengthened her foundation.
• Shi Luo said Mu Zi had enlightened him, and Mu Zi acknowledged that she had gained something as well.

Mu Zi received Thunder Venerable One, Zi Yun Zhenren, and Dragon Sculpture Great Emperor, who came to ask whether she would intervene in Tianluo Continent. Their meeting was interrupted by the Battle Emperor’s challenge letter, which Mu Zi crushed with one palm.

• Mu Zi drew Thunder Venerable One, Zi Yun Zhenren, and Dragon Sculpture Great Emperor into her space and asked why they had come.
• Zi Yun Zhenren asked whether Mu Zi intended to intervene in the situation on Tianluo Continent, and Mu Zi challenged their right to demand an explanation.
• Thunder Venerable One, Zi Yun Zhenren, and Dragon Sculpture Great Emperor apologized and offered Mu Zi Cosmos Bracelets filled with resources.
• A golden letter arrived at the Hundred Battles Region, announcing that the Battle Emperor would soon visit Mu Zi to challenge her.
• Mu Zi crushed the golden letter with one palm.

Mu Zi heavily injured Third King Hall and replenished her power while he revealed the Demon Prison Eye and began sacrificing his blood to unleash its power. The battle remained unresolved as the eye transformed into a giant, terrifying presence and Mu Zi gathered runes to meet it.

• Mu Zi’s attack sent Third King Hall crashing into the Gobi, where he rose badly wounded as onlookers across the Eastern Xuan Region marveled at the battle.
• Mu Zi drew in the Yuan Power of heaven and earth through a huge black hole, restoring her strength and warning Third King Hall that he would die if that was all he could do.
• Third King Hall revealed the Demon Prison Eye, claiming it had been bestowed by his emperor and that he had once used it against the Symbol Ancestor.
• Third King Hall used the Blood Sacrifice Demon Eye, draining the blood from his arm as the eye swelled into a giant.
• Mu Zi calmly gathered countless runes into a great river and formed a ball of light to face the Demon Prison Eye.

Mu Feng revealed that Mu Chen’s mother, Qing Yan Jing, belonged to the Buddhism Ancient Clan and explained how they met through the Martial World. He warned Mu Chen to keep his father’s identity secret from outsiders, then told him to meet his mother in the Martial World, ending by teasing him about a girl he had grown close to.

• Mu Chen asked Mu Feng about his mother, and Mu Feng revealed that Qing Yan Jing was an elder of the Buddhism Ancient Clan.
• Mu Feng recounted how he and Qing Yan Jing first connected through messages in the Martial World and gradually fell in love.
• Mu Feng explained that Qing Yan Jing’s powerful admirers and their forces resented her choosing him, making it safer for him to remain hidden.
• Mu Feng warned Mu Chen not to mention his father to outsiders, while Mu Chen accepted that he would have to make his way through his own strength.
• Mu Feng told Mu Chen to meet Qing Yan Jing in the Martial World for a gift, then teased him about the girl he had recently grown close to.

Mu Zi entered Saint Abyss City with Han Xuan after the city’s warning array briefly mistook her aura for that of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. She realized martial-path cultivators with Origin Dao Talismans could trigger the same false alarm and considered improving the array as Han Xuan introduced the Great Thousand Pavilion.

• The warning array reacted to Mu Zi, and Han Xuan briefly suspected she was an Extraterritorial Evil Clan member.
• Mu Zi adjusted her aura to resemble spiritual energy, calming the array, while Han Xuan concluded it had malfunctioned.
• Mu Zi realized her fused power and strong vitality resembled the Saint Clan’s, explaining why the array had flagged her.
• Mu Zi noted that the array could mistake other martial-path cultivators with Origin Dao Talismans for the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and considered improving it.
• Han Xuan led Mu Zi into bustling Saint Abyss City and introduced the Great Thousand Pavilion, which coordinated affairs on the continent.

Lin Ke'er left the Lin Clan group to take revenge on Song Dao, and Lin Dong followed her to watch her defeat him with the Ice Shatter Sword. Afterward, they discovered a beautiful woman in white facing several powerful Demon Beasts, and Lin Ke'er and Lin Dong moved closer to observe.

• Lin Dong followed Lin Ke'er after she left the Lin Clan group and learned she planned to punish Song Dao for insulting her.
• Lin Ke'er showed Lin Dong her low-grade Soul Treasure, the Ice Shatter Sword, and invited him to watch her fight Song Dao.
• Lin Ke'er quickly defeated Song Dao and killed him, leaving Lin Dong impressed by her strength.
• Lin Ke'er and Lin Dong sensed powerful Demon Beasts nearby and went to investigate.
• The two saw a beautiful woman in white hovering above a group of aggressive Demon Beasts, and Lin Ke'er watched her intently.

Mu Zi discovered and attacked the Otherworldly Demon Emperor’s hidden will inside his severed arm, then trapped his illusory figure in a barrage from several grandmaster-level spiritual arrays. The fight continued as the formations battered the Demon Emperor and Mu Zi judged that his power was strong but still within reach.

• Mu Zi brought the Demon Emperor's Hand high into the sky and used Immortal Light to inspect it while preparing several powerful spiritual arrays.
• Mu Zi found an ancient, restrained wisp of demonic qi inside the arm and struck it with Supreme Power.
• The Otherworldly Demon Emperor’s will awakened, recognized the Demon Emperor’s Image’s fluctuation, and realized Mu Zi had defeated his subordinates.
• Mu Zi attacked again, weakening the will before it could fully activate and take control of the arm.
• The Otherworldly Demon Emperor manifested an illusory figure, and Mu Zi’s waiting arrays immediately bombarded it from every direction.
• Mu Zi watched the figure’s aura falter and sensed that she could resist its power.

Mo Luo and the others prepared to use the Thunder Championship and a disguised Ancestral Symbol to lure the Yimo into the open, while the city debated the strength of the likely competitors. The championship began as Mo Luo appeared, but Fairy Mu’s participation and the identity of the eventual champion remained unknown.

• Mo Luo, Mu Lan, Red Cloud, Little Marten, and Mu Zi discussed the plan to bait the Yimo and the risks posed by Xu Xiu and Hua Chen.
• Little Marten said Lin Dong could handle Xu Xiu and Hua Chen, while Mu Zi stood by as a final safeguard.
• On the day of the Thunder Championship, competitors and spectators gathered in Flame City as people speculated about Tang Xinlian, Xu Xiu, Lin Dong, Zhou Ze, and Fairy Mu.
• Spectators debated Fairy Mu’s strength and whether she would compete for the Ancestral Symbol offered as the championship reward.
• Mo Luo appeared above Flame City amid blazing light and heat.

As Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and the third fighter gained the upper hand against the ten-eyed Heavenly Evil God, he prepared to destroy himself and the world with him. Mu Zi awoke after a hundred years and erased the Heavenly Evil God with a glance.

• Lin Dong and the others broke through the Heavenly Evil God's attack, then wounded him by destroying one of his arms and weakening his ten-eyed state.
• The Heavenly Evil God began gathering destructive power to self-destruct and destroy the Great Thousand World with him.
• In the Heavenly Xuan World, Ling Er woke, and Mu Zi revealed that she had returned after a hundred years.
• Mu Zi looked toward the battle and commanded, "Erase this karma."
• The Heavenly Evil God's self-destructive power stopped, and Mu Zi erased him with a single glance.

Human Yuanzi tried to seize Mu Zi by accusing her of killing a Yuan Gate Elder, while Ying Xuanzi hesitated to oppose Yuan Gate and Lin Dong refused to abandon her. Lin Dong chose to leave Dao Sect so he could face Yuan Gate alongside Mu Zi.

• Human Yuanzi claimed Mu Zi had killed Yuan Gate Elder Liu Chang and demanded that she come to Yuan Gate for questioning.
• Mu Zi called Human Yuanzi a traitor, and he threatened to suppress her while warning Ying Xuanzi not to interfere.
• Lin Dong stood between Mu Zi and Yuan Gate, and Ying Huanhuan pleaded with Ying Xuanzi to help them.
• Lin Dong rejected Mu Zi's demand that he return to Dao Sect and said he would fight beside her.
• Lin Dong knelt before Ying Xuanzi and declared that he willingly left Dao Sect and that his actions would no longer involve it.

Mu Zi prepared to leave the Great Thousand World for the Outer Heavens after spending a century with her loved ones and retracing her past with Lin Dong. She departed with Ling Er, leaving her friends able to see the distant worlds and remember her by looking to the stars.

• Mu Zi established a Realm Gate connecting the Great Thousand and Tianyuan realms, then said she would remain for at least a hundred years.
• Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and Xiao Yan reached the Martial Immortal Realm as prodigies and older experts rose during a flourishing age.
• After advancing beyond Martial Immortal, Mu Zi visited the places of her youth and walked through Qingyang Town with Lin Dong, where they shared a farewell over aged wine.
• Mu Zi gathered with her loved ones in the Martial Realm, and Qing Tan tearfully asked her not to leave.
• Mu Zi revealed the worlds beyond the heavens and told her friends they could look toward the stars to think of her.
• Mu Zi departed across the World Sea for the Outer Heavens, with Ling Er following her.

Mu Zi confronted Xie Qian after his men attacked her, but the Xie Family pressed its assault on the Lin Family while she remained behind. Lin Dong arrived in time to save Liu Yan, and Mu Zi demanded that the Xie attacker cut off his own arm, leaving Xie Qian and the others facing a new conflict.

• Mu Zi shattered an arrow and confronted the Xie Family, while Xie Qian apologized and promised to punish the subordinate who had insulted her.
• Xie Qian ordered his men to attack the Lin Family, and the outnumbered Lin guards began to lose ground as Liu Yan watched anxiously.
• An arrow nearly struck Liu Yan, but Lin Dong arrived on a tiger and knocked it aside.
• Lin Dong recognized Mu Zi, who reminded Xie Qian that his apology did not settle her grievance.
• Mu Zi demanded that the Xie subordinate who attacked her cut off one arm, and Xie Qian's expression darkened.

Mu Zi bypassed the seal around the Nirvana Tomb and entered ahead of the waiting treasure hunters. She looted its chambers clean, then left a few sealed demon spirits behind for those who came later.

• Mu Zi used a Seal Breaking Array to open a passage through the tomb’s outer barrier and slipped inside unnoticed.
• Mu Zi resisted the tomb’s lingering pressure and found a chamber filled with Pure Yuan Pills, which she collected.
• Mu Zi looted the corridors’ stone chambers, gathering pills, talisman treasures, manuals, demon crystals, metals, and other items.
• Mu Zi found several high-grade Cosmos Sacks and transferred her loot into them.
• After clearing the passages, Mu Zi scattered a few sealed demon spirits around the empty corridors and left the tomb.

Lin Dong was overwhelmed by Wang Yan and nearly killed after Mu Zi took the middle-grade Symbol Puppet. Mu Zi intervened at the last moment and prepared to face Wang Yan herself.

• Lin Dong used the Heavenly Scale Halberd Technique against Wang Yan, but Wang Yan blocked his attacks with ease.
• Wang Yan injured Lin Dong while holding back, and Little Marten warned Lin Dong that he was too weak to help him defeat Wang Yan.
• Lin Dong tried to flee, but Wang Yan struck him down and raised the Great Luo Golden Spear to kill him.
• Mu Zi attacked Wang Yan with an enormous Yuan Power sword, sending him tumbling down the slope.
• Mu Zi told Lin Dong to recover and faced Wang Yan, saying she would settle their previous score.

Mu Zi finished refining a High-Grade Pure Yuan pair of white shoes, decided to take Mu Lingshan to the Undying Holy Whale Clan, and confronted the Blood Demon Shark Clan leader. She killed him with a combined Ancestral Symbols attack and her Deathly Stillness Intent.

• Mu Zi refined a High-Grade Pure Yuan pair of small white shoes and put them on, recalling how Lin Dong’s improper desires had changed how she saw his attention.
• Mu Lingshan emerged from the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram, chose to stay with Mu Zi, and suggested they visit the Undying Holy Whale Clan.
• Mu Zi decided to take Mu Lingshan to the Undying Holy Whale Clan to seek materials for repairing the Great Desolate Monument, but sensed someone hiding nearby.
• The Blood Demon Shark Clan leader appeared, coveted Mu Lingshan’s atavistic bloodline, and challenged Mu Zi.
• Mu Zi struck the Blood Demon Shark Clan leader with the Heavenly Net Umbrella’s three-colored beam, then annihilated his Essence Spirit with Deathly Stillness Intent.

Mu Zi used the energy in the Symbol Master Tower to advance her Yuan Power and spent nine days combining Spiritual Power and Yuan Power into a new kind of array. Her creation left Little Marten deeply shaken, though he did not recognize it as a Spirit Array.

• Mu Zi absorbed the tower's Spiritual Power, strengthened her Pure Yuan Spirit Symbol, and broke through to the Heavenly Yuan Realm Late Stage.
• Little Marten explained that Mu Zi likely had a special constitution that let her Spiritual Power cultivation boost her Yuan Power, and Lin Dong envied her talent.
• Mu Zi repeatedly compressed Spiritual Power into a net and tried to fuse it with Yuan Power, but the attempts failed.
• After nine days, Mu Zi successfully formed a crystal-clear light seal from Spiritual Power and Yuan Power.
• Mu Zi arranged more than ten light seals into an array, and Little Marten was shocked by its unfamiliar fluctuation.

Mu Zi combined Life and Death Power into a devastating attack while the Great Desolate Monument held off the Heavenly Illusion King. She unleashed Life and Death Burial Sky at him, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Mu Zi and the Great Desolate Monument battered the Heavenly Illusion King, forcing him to reveal his enormous demonic body.
• The Heavenly Illusion King attacked Mu Zi with his Illusion Demon Finger, but her Self-Sacrifice Intent shattered the illusion and repelled the attack.
• The Great Desolate Monument conserved its power while blocking the Heavenly Illusion King, but Mu Zi decided she needed to slay him rather than drive him away.
• Mu Zi summoned black Death Qi and white life qi dragons and forced their opposing powers into a brief, volatile fusion.
• The Great Desolate Monument expanded to block the Heavenly Illusion King as Mu Zi launched the fused dragons at him with Life and Death Burial Sky.

Mu Zi revealed that she had reached Body Tempering Seventh Stage, unsettling Mu Ye and prompting questions about her rapid progress. The Practical Assessment began with Mu Tie and Mu Jing passing, then Mu Ye defeated the examiner and earned a Middle Excellent rating before Mu Zi prepared to take her turn.

• The presiding elder announced Mu Zi’s Body Tempering Seventh Stage cultivation, and Mu Ye’s confidence crumbled as the old woman urged him to excel in the Practical Assessment.
• Mu Zi credited her rapid cultivation to the Di Huang Fruit Mu Lingsha had given her, and the elders accepted that her constitution might absorb spirit medicine unusually well.
• Mu Tie and Mu Jing worked together against the examiner, earned his approval, and passed with their ratings unchanged.
• Mu Ye fought the examiner with Eight Desolations Palm, gained the upper hand, and knocked him off the arena.
• The presiding elder gave Mu Ye a final Middle Excellent rating, and Mu Ye saw mockery in Mu Zi’s eyes as she said it was her turn.

The Lord of Life and Death teased the newly revived Devouring Lord about his youthful appearance, which she linked to their past rivalry. Ying Huanhuan arrived at the gathering of the Lords, revealing that her strength was still recovering but nearing her former peak.

• The Devouring Lord explained that he had regained his former peak after three Reincarnation Tribulations, though a flaw in his resurrection had left him looking young.
• The Lord of Life and Death mocked the Devouring Lord and stopped him from changing back into his adult form, while Jiang Yinyin recalled how the Devouring Ancestral Symbol had once suppressed her.
• Ying Huanhuan arrived at the pavilion and joined the Lords for their discussion of the Dao.
• Ying Huanhuan said her strength had not fully recovered, but she was close to her former peak and could contend with powerful Reincarnation Realm opponents.