Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan and his companions arrived in the Northern Cang Realm for the Five Great Academies’ entrance test. After learning that they had to reach the Northern Spiritual Hall and raise their marks to at least Level Four, Mu Yuan completed his system check-in as the test began.

• Mu Yuan reunited with Mu Feng, who praised his accomplishments, and soon departed with Mu Chen, Tang Qian'er, Mo Ling, and the others for the Five Great Academies.
• Mr. Hao warned the students that they would face an entrance test after teleporting, and the group entered the arrays leading to the Northern Cang Realm.
• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, and Mo Ling arrived on a Reception Platform, where Mu Yuan’s system announced an eight-minute check-in task.
• An aged overseer explained that students had to reach the Northern Spiritual Hall and raise their marks, with anyone below Level Four ultimately eliminated.
• The overseer warned that students could steal spiritual energy from one another’s marks, prompting greedy looks toward Mu Yuan and Mu Chen; Mu Yuan completed his check-in as the test began.

Mu Yuan and his companions explored the Northern Cang Realm, where he discovered that the Mysterious Bone could absorb one Spirit Beast Essence. After three late Spirit Wheel Realm cultivators confronted them to demand their marks, Mu Yuan wounded their leader and announced that they would be handing over their marks instead.

• Mu Yuan received a map of the Northern Cang Realm showing Spirit Beasts, Natural Treasures, and Northern Spiritual Hall, then set out with Mu Chen and Mo Ling.
• Mu Yuan killed a Jade Python Snake and found that the Mysterious Bone absorbed its Spirit Beast Essence, though it did not react to the essence of another beast.
• Mu Yuan spotted three late Spirit Wheel Realm cultivators who had followed his group, and Mo Ling offered to leave so Mu Yuan and Mu Chen could escape.
• The gray-clothed leader demanded that Mu Yuan's group hand over their level-three marks, and Mu Yuan appeared to agree before slicing the leader's palm with a golden attack.
• Mu Yuan told the three cultivators to hand over their marks, and the wounded leader turned hostile.

Mu Yuan defeated three challengers who tried to rob him, then temporarily parted from Mu Chen and Mo Ling to seek a cultivation opportunity in the south. Following the system map to a hidden deep pool, he found an underwater passage and prepared to explore it.

• Mu Yuan repelled three gray-clad youths with a single attack and took the spiritual energy from their marks.
• Mu Yuan warned the other onlookers away, then told Mu Chen that they would meet at the Northern Spiritual Hall while he pursued his own plans.
• Mu Yuan traveled south toward a larger blue marker on the system map, hoping to find an opportunity to increase his strength.
• Mu Yuan found a deep pool hidden among giant trees and sensed unusually dense spiritual energy coming from its water.
• Mu Yuan entered the frigid pool and discovered a passage behind a huge stone at the bottom.

Mu Yuan found and refined a highest-grade Ten Thousand Leaf Grass in a secluded cave, using its spiritual energy to strengthen himself. Nearby, Qing Fu and Gu Changyi led a six-person team toward the cave after their treasure-hunting compass detected something in that direction.

• Mu Yuan broke through a spiritual energy barrier and found a twelve-leaf Ten Thousand Leaf Grass in a dark cave.
• Mu Yuan dug up the rare grass, whose spiritual energy was worth far more than a hundred Earth Spirit Fruits.
• Qing Fu used his treasure-hunting compass to detect treasure southeast of his team, and Gu Changyi led the six youths in that direction.
• Mu Yuan refined the Ten Thousand Leaf Grass into jade-green liquid and swallowed it, then circulated the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force to absorb its spiritual energy.
• After a quarter of an hour, Mu Yuan opened his eyes in satisfaction.

Mu Yuan emerged from a pool after advancing to the peak of the mid Spirit Wheel Realm and faced Qing Fu and Gu Changyi, who demanded he reveal what he had found. After Mu Yuan defeated Qing Fu in one punch, Wei Ping arrived and intervened when Gu Changyi prepared to attack him.

• Mu Yuan surfaced from the pool and recognized Qing Fu among six people gathered at its edge.
• Gu Changyi demanded that Mu Yuan reveal what was beneath the pool, but Mu Yuan refused and insulted him.
• Qing Fu attacked Mu Yuan, who shattered his fire tiger with one punch and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Gu Changyi stepped forward to confront Mu Yuan, but Wei Ping landed between them and declared he would stop Gu Changyi from bullying him.
• Gu Changyi grew angry and accused Wei Ping of relying on his wealthy father.

Mu Yuan joined Wei Ping to avoid a spirit beast threat and traveled with him through the Northern Cang Realm, where they fought off ambushes and beasts. They stopped for the night, and Wei Ping spotted a beautiful silver-haired girl dressed in black.

• Gu Changyi held back from attacking Mu Yuan after Wei Ping stepped in to protect him.
• Mu Yuan followed Wei Ping when the system map showed a powerful group of spirit beasts approaching.
• Wei Ping and Mu Yuan became friends as they traveled, and Wei Ping used Breaking Wheel Pearls and spiritual artifacts to deal with ambushes and spirit beasts.
• Mu Yuan and Wei Ping camped for the night after defeating a Flame Leopard, and Mu Yuan cooked while Wei Ping ate.
• Wei Ping noticed a beautiful silver-haired girl dressed in black nearby.

Mu Yuan and Wei Ping reached a dangerous gorge filled with strange winds and valuable treasures, then tried to join a team preparing to enter it. The chapter left them facing hostility from the team and a new offer from Gu Changyi.

• Mu Yuan and Wei Ping glimpsed a beautiful black-dressed girl carrying a longsword before she disappeared into the night.
• Mu Yuan and Wei Ping reached the gorge, where powerful winds injured students and made entry dangerous.
• The students discussed the winds’ patterns and formed teams to reach the gorge’s treasures and inner regions.
• Wei Ping introduced Mu Yuan to Li Naide, Zhang Furong, Zhou Zongchun, Wang Zhibiao, and Yue Yijun, but several objected to Mu Yuan’s cultivation and blamed him for driving away potential partners.
• Gu Changyi approached Li Naide to propose cooperation, while Wei Ping warned the group against trusting him and said he and Mu Yuan could enter alone.

Mu Yuan’s group crossed the canyon’s dangerous winds and entered a gloomy forest whose black trees released a poisonous gas and whose soil corroded anything left on it. When Yue Yijun began to succumb to the poison, Mu Yuan offered to carry him as the group hurried to escape.

• Wei Ping gave Mu Yuan the Mysterious Spirit Shield, and Mu Yuan’s group used their spirit artifacts to cross the canyon’s fierce winds ahead of Gu Changyi’s team.
• Mu Yuan and his companions entered the canyon’s depths and wandered through a vast forest of black trees.
• Mu Yuan realized the trees released poisonous gas and the corrosive soil would kill anyone who fell unconscious, then urged the group to hurry out.
• After another hour, Yue Yijun weakened and began foaming at the mouth, while Li Naide urged him to crush his mark and leave the team.
• Mu Yuan offered to carry Yue Yijun, explaining that he felt no discomfort, and Li Naide warned that the others would not help if the two fell behind.

Mu Yuan led the group out of the dangerous black forest after refusing Zhou Zongchun’s demands, then they approached a misty hill and were attacked by Iron Spine Mad Bulls. Li Naide’s first strike killed several beasts but sent the rest into a frenzy.

• Zhou Zongchun demanded that Mu Yuan carry him instead of Yue Yijun and threatened to have him expelled, but Mu Yuan refused and Zhou crushed his mark in anger.
• Mu Yuan and the other six escaped the forest an hour and a half later, and Yue Yijun thanked Mu Yuan for carrying him.
• After resting, the group approached a mist-covered hill, and Mu Yuan mocked Li Naide for relying on someone else to pass the Spiritual Road trial.
• Dozens of Iron Spine Mad Bulls emerged and charged the group, and Li Naide killed several with his Blood Frenzy Blade.
• The surviving Iron Spine Mad Bulls became enraged, their combat strength rising as they prepared to attack.

Mu Yuan’s group defeated a herd of berserk Iron Spine Mad Bulls and found that the apparent treasures nearby had all lost their spiritual power. While Li Naide and the others searched elsewhere, Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun dug up a much more powerful-looking treasure, which Wei Ping concealed from the others.

• Li Naide and the group killed the Iron Spine Mad Bull King and its herd, then searched the area for Natural Treasures.
• Zhang Furong and Li Naide excluded Mu Yuan from the Crystal Ink Separation Stones, but the stones crumbled into ash when Li Naide tried to take one.
• Mu Yuan ignored Li Naide’s anger and led Wei Ping and Yue Yijun to dig a hundred meters away, where the system map indicated the real treasure was located.
• Li Naide, Zhang Furong, and Wang Zhibiao refused to help dig and urged Wei Ping to leave, but Mu Yuan’s group continued.
• Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun dug about twenty meters down and uncovered a ginseng-like plant bearing five glossy black fruits; Wei Ping recognized it as a supreme treasure and kept quiet to protect Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan found a Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit in the canyon, but Li Naide and the others demanded a share. When Li Naide attacked him over the fruit, Mu Yuan defeated him and killed him, leaving the others stunned.

• Mu Yuan found and collected a Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit after its power had drained the nearby Natural Treasures.
• Li Naide, Zhang Furong, and Wang Zhibiao demanded a share, while Mu Yuan gave one fruit each to Wei Ping and Yue Yijun.
• Li Naide attacked Mu Yuan with Blade Shattering Limitless as Zhang Furong and Wang Zhibiao held Wei Ping back.
• Mu Yuan shattered Li Naide's Blade Aura with Spirit Emperor Finger and sent him crashing into the rocks.
• Mu Yuan took Li Naide's broadsword and killed him, leaving Wei Ping, Yue Yijun, Zhang Furong, and Wang Zhibiao stunned.

Mu Yuan confronted Gu Changyi after Gu Changyi arrived with reinforcements and learned that Mu Yuan had obtained the Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit. Mu Yuan’s sword strike shattered Gu Changyi’s spirit-beast-powered attack, leaving Gu Changyi caught in the ensuing shockwave.

• Mu Yuan stopped Zhang Furong and Wang Zhibiao from escaping, then Gu Changyi arrived with six people, including a new Divine Spirit Realm cultivator.
• Zhang Furong told Gu Changyi that Mu Yuan had taken the Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit and killed Li Naide, while Wei Ping kicked Zhang Furong down.
• Su Chen trapped Wei Ping and Yue Yijun inside a Dragon Binding Array as Gu Changyi prepared to confront Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan unleashed four hundred overlapping sword strikes, shocking Gu Changyi with their power.
• Gu Changyi summoned the spirit beast essence he had refined, and its claw imprints shattered Mu Yuan’s sword lights before the sword force destroyed them too.
• The resulting shockwave swept through the area and struck Gu Changyi first.

Mu Yuan defeated Gu Changyi and forced Su Chen and the others to surrender their marks, then led Wei Ping and Yue Yijun across the grassland. The three reached a mountain range and prepared to cultivate in seclusion, with Mu Yuan aiming to break through to the late Spirit Wheel Realm.

• Mu Yuan struck Gu Changyi hard enough to trigger his protective mark and eliminate him, prompting Zhang Furong, Wang Zhibiao, and the others to eliminate themselves as well.
• Su Chen tried to leave, but Mu Yuan demanded his level-five mark and threatened him and Qing Fu's group until they surrendered their marks.
• Mu Yuan absorbed the marks, raised his own mark to level five, and shared two streams of mark energy with Wei Ping and Yue Yijun before Su Chen and the others fled.
• Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun crossed the grassland, survived its dangers, and found more than a dozen Natural Treasures.
• At the mountain range, Mu Yuan asked to cultivate in seclusion; Yue Yijun planned to refine the Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit, while Wei Ping agreed to stand guard.

Mu Yuan consumed the Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit and broke through to the Divine Spirit Realm, where his Mysterious Bone transformed into an unexpected essence spirit. He left the cave stronger but worried that his new essence spirit, a flesh cocoon, would be useless in battle.

• Mu Yuan absorbed the Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit and condensed a divine spirit, entering the Divine Spirit Realm.
• Mu Yuan used his divine spirit to finish condensing the fifteenth Dragon Elephant phantom.
• The Mysterious Bone merged into Mu Yuan's divine spirit, dissolved, and revealed a flesh cocoon marked with Talisman Secret Patterns.
• The cave shook during Mu Yuan's breakthrough, and Wei Ping recognized that Mu Yuan had reached the Divine Spirit Realm.
• Mu Yuan emerged and realized he had passively refined a flesh cocoon essence spirit, leaving him unsure how it could help him fight.

Mu Yuan, Yue Yijun, and Wei Ping traveled deeper into the Northern Cang Realm, where Wei Ping hoped to find a stronger Spirit Beast Essence. They reached a crowded trading area, hoping to learn more about powerful spirit beasts, as news of Mu Chen’s arrival also spread.

• Mu Yuan led Yue Yijun and Wei Ping deeper toward the Northern Spiritual Hall, and Wei Ping said he wanted to replace his Spirit Beast Essence with a stronger one.
• As the group traveled, Yue Yijun’s mark reached level four, and they learned that their route through the canyon had been more dangerous than other paths.
• Mu Yuan’s group entered the inner region, where they met stronger teams and heard reports that Mu Chen the Calamity of the Spiritual Road had appeared in the Northern Cang Realm.
• After another half day, Mu Yuan, Yue Yijun, and Wei Ping reached a busy trading area where Wei Ping hoped to find news about Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts.
• Mu Yuan teased Wei Ping about showing off his wealth, and Wei Ping proudly offered to buy anything the others wanted before his expression fell.

Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun bought a clue to a trial that could yield the spirit essence of a dead Heaven Tier Spirit Beast, then raced toward Earth Heart Valley. They reached the volcanic region as the heat intensified, with Mu Yuan’s check-in mission still awaiting completion.

• Mu Yuan learned that mark spiritual energy, not Spirit Coins, served as currency in the Northern Cang Realm trading area.
• Mu Yuan bought information from a gray-robed youth about a trial in Earth Heart Valley that offered the corpse and spirit essence of an Earth Heart Flame Python.
• Mu Yuan triggered a Check-in System mission requiring him to remain at Earth Heart Valley for ten minutes.
• Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun followed the youth’s map and traveled for two hours through the mountains toward Earth Heart Valley.
• The three felt the surrounding temperature rise sharply and realized they were nearing their destination.

Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun descended into Earth Heart Valley and discovered a preserved Earth Heart Flame Python surrounded by rival student teams. As Mu Yuan began a ten-minute check-in, he claimed his group would obtain the beast, and the students resumed trying to climb the spirit-array-protected platform.

• Mu Yuan, Wei Ping, and Yue Yijun followed a ladder deep into Earth Heart Valley and found about a hundred Divine Spirit Realm students gathered below.
• Mu Yuan identified the lifeless Earth Heart Flame Python on the platform as an opportunity preserved by Northern Spiritual Academy’s spirit array.
• The system started Mu Yuan’s ten-minute check-in, while other students recognized his recent breakthrough to the Divine Spirit Realm.
• Wei Ping worried that the outnumbered group could not claim the beast, but Mu Yuan insisted they would get it.
• Mu Yuan challenged Zhang Ling and said he could send the captain out of the Northern Cang Realm, drawing laughter from Zhang Ling’s team.
• Zhang Ling told the students to keep climbing the platform, since its spirit array prevented them from jumping up.

Students struggled to climb the spirit-array steps leading to the Earth Heart Flame Python, until Zhang Ling reached the twentieth step but failed. After comprehending Resonance Turn, Mu Yuan volunteered to try the climb, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Huang Shouchao failed to pass the tenth step, and other students also failed to advance beyond it.
• Mu Yuan received the Resonance Turn movement technique as a system check-in reward and began comprehending it.
• Zhang Ling climbed to the twentieth step, but the step shattered when he tried to move onward, and he blamed the test's design.
• Mu Yuan finished comprehending Resonance Turn and calmly announced that he would try the steps, silencing the crowd.

Mu Yuan climbed the Northern Spiritual Academy’s stair trial with remarkable ease, surpassing Zhang Ling’s record and reaching the thirtieth stair. He paused under its crushing pressure and prepared to face the next level by carefully controlling his spiritual energy.

• Mu Yuan ignored the students’ laughter and began climbing while Wei Ping and Yue Yijun cheered him on.
• Mu Yuan reached the ninth stair, then passed the tenth-stair checkpoint without showing any strain, shocking Zhang Ling and the watching students.
• Mu Yuan stepped onto the twentieth stair and then the twenty-first, surpassing Zhang Ling’s record as Wei Ping reminded Bu Zheng of his boast.
• Bu Zheng insisted Mu Yuan would not reach the top, while Mu Yuan continued climbing and credited his control of spiritual energy to Resonance Turn.
• Mu Yuan reached the thirtieth stair, where the pressure equaled twenty times Earth’s gravity, and carefully spread his spiritual energy across both feet.

Mu Yuan overcame the final steps of the Earth Heart Valley trial and reached the summit, where he claimed the Earth Heart Flame Python and a second Heaven Tier Spirit Beast. His unexpected haul left the other students eyeing him greedily.

• Mu Yuan pushed through the pressure to the thirty-fourth step, where he paused to recover after refining his spiritual energy.
• Zhang Ling noticed Mu Yuan had a Spirit Earth-Ghost Fruit, and Mu Yuan used it to replenish his spiritual energy before stepping onto the thirty-fifth stair.
• Mu Yuan easily climbed the ordinary thirty-sixth step and reached the summit, while two elders at Northern Spiritual Academy realized he had passed their trial.
• Mu Yuan stored the lifeless Earth Heart Flame Python and a second Heaven Tier Spirit Beast that appeared on the stone platform.
• Wei Ping reminded Bu Zheng to honor his bet as the students watched Mu Yuan with greed.