Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen defeated Wang Jiexi and Mo Lun, shocking the older students and winning the freshmen’s admiration. Mu Yuan took their Spirit Value Tokens, distributed the gains among the freshmen, and proposed picking fights with more veteran students.

• Mu Yuan crushed Wang Jiexi’s Azure Nether Turtle with the Imperial Dragon Seal That Shakes the Sea, while Mu Chen suppressed Mo Lun’s Golden Flame Beast with the Pagoda of Imprisonment.
• Yang Hong asked Mu Kui to help hold Mu Yuan off at the Freshman Assembly, and Mu Kui agreed while refusing to get involved in Yang Hong’s feud with Mu Chen.
• Mu Yuan demanded compensation from Wang Jiexi for bullying freshmen and threatened to humiliate him until Wang Jiexi handed over his Spirit Value Token containing three hundred thousand Spirit Value.
• Mu Yuan made Mo Lun surrender his token containing two hundred thousand Spirit Value and gave both tokens to Zhou Ling to distribute among the freshmen.
• Mu Yuan suggested that he and Mu Chen find an excuse to shake down more older students for Spirit Value.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen defeated Wang Jiexi and Mo Lun, took their Spirit Value points, and drove the Azure Red Society members away. With Zhou Ling’s help, the freshmen then established a society called the Twin Mu Association, which had already attracted more than a thousand members.

• Mu Yuan and Zhou Ling divided the captured Spirit Value points among themselves and the freshmen, while Mu Yuan warned Wang Jiexi and Mo Lun that future challengers should bring at least one hundred thousand points.
• Wang Jiexi and Mo Lun threatened retaliation from the Azure Red Society, but Mu Yuan welcomed the challenge and the defeated group hurried away amid the freshmen’s cheers.
• Zhou Ling explained that the Azure Red Society had powerful members and a leader in the Heaven Ranking’s top hundred, but Mu Yuan and Mu Chen said they were not afraid.
• Zhou Ling told Mu Yuan that the freshmen wanted to form a society for mutual support and asked him to lead it; Mu Yuan agreed, and Mu Chen and Luo Li were expected to join him.
• The freshmen established the society, which attracted more than a thousand members, and Mu Chen learned that it was called the Twin Mu Association.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen prepared to face Yang Hong and Mu Kui in the new student tournament, which began as Northern Spiritual Academy’s freshmen rushed toward North Spirit Mountain to claim the Spirit Banner. The students encountered attacking spirit beasts, while Elder Zhu Tian watched and realized he had not warned them about a powerful beast at the summit.

• Zhou Ling told Mu Yuan and Mu Chen that Yang Hong had secretly joined forces with Mu Kui against them, and Mu Chen asked Mu Yuan to handle Mu Kui during the tournament.
• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, and several other standout freshmen drew attention from older students ahead of the tournament.
• Elder Zhu Tian announced that the freshmen would race to the summit of North Spirit Mountain and claim its Spirit Banner, with spiritual value and Spiritual Art Temple access awaiting the first five finishers.
• The tournament began, and the freshmen surged into the mountain range as spirit beasts charged at them.
• Elder Zhu Tian realized he had forgotten to mention the powerful beast at the summit of North Spirit Mountain.

Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, and Luo Li fought their way through North Spirit Mountain toward the summit and its Spirit Banner. They confronted the Mountain Swallowing Python, a Heaven Tier Spirit Beast blocking the route, and Mu Yuan opened the battle with his Nether God's Spear.

• Mu Yuan used the Sword Drawing Art while Mu Chen and Luo Li fought alongside him to clear waves of Spirit Beasts.
• Mu Yuan left the Twin Mu Association members behind and raced toward North Spirit Mountain with Mu Chen and Luo Li.
• The trio entered North Spirit Mountain, where Mu Chen and Luo Li cut through the Snake Cypress Beast's vines so they could keep climbing.
• Mu Yuan warned Mu Chen and Luo Li that Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts guarded the summit.
• The group found a wounded party blocked by the Mountain Swallowing Python, and Mu Yuan attacked it with his Nether God's Spear.
• The Mountain Swallowing Python fired a dark-yellow beam at the spear, and their collision flattened the surrounding forest.

Mu Yuan killed a Heaven Tier Mountain Swallowing Python and took its essence for Fatty, then hurried with Mu Chen and Luo Li toward the mountaintop as numerous stronger Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts pursued the new students. The three reached a stone platform with dozens of beasts closing in from multiple directions.

• Mu Yuan pierced the Mountain Swallowing Python with Nether God's Spears and evaded its attacks with Resonance Turn.
• Mu Yuan killed the Mountain Swallowing Python and stored its essence for Fatty, while Fire Kid agreed to the arrangement.
• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, and Luo Li raced toward the mountaintop as six initial Sky Fusion Realm Earth Demon Beasts pursued them.
• The three emerged from the forest near a stone platform and saw other students fleeing from Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts.
• Mu Yuan urged Mu Chen and Luo Li toward the platform as at least thirty Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts threatened to surround them.

Mu Yuan and five other powerful freshmen raced toward North Spirit Mountain’s summit while Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts and a colossal lava creature blocked their way. Fire Kid helped Mu Yuan enter the lava waterfall, and the six contestants each used their abilities to attempt the crossing, leaving their success uncertain.

• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, Luo Li, Zhou Ling, and other freshmen gathered on the stone platform as Yang Hong prepared to attack Mu Chen and Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts closed in.
• Fire Kid warned Mu Yuan about the creature beneath the platform, whose lava hands smashed the platform and drove the Spirit Beasts away.
• Mu Yuan realized the lava creature could only attack within a fixed range and led the strongest freshmen toward the summit.
• The creature unleashed a thousand-foot lava waterfall that blocked Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, Yang Hong, Mu Kui, Bing Qing, and Luo Li.
• Fire Kid offered to handle the lava, and Mu Yuan charged into the waterfall as the other five displayed their powers and followed.

Mu Yuan and five other new students reached the summit of North Spirit Mountain, where they faced off over the Spirit Banner. As the contestants split into three clashes, Mu Chen confronted Yang Hong and Mu Yuan prepared to fight Mu Kui.

• Mu Yuan emerged from the lava waterfall first, followed by Mu Chen, Luo Li, Yang Hong, Mu Kui, and Bing Qing.
• Yang Hong proposed that Bing Qing help him and Mu Kui take on Mu Yuan’s group, but Bing Qing refused.
• Mu Kui agreed to face Mu Yuan, while Luo Li moved to hold Bing Qing back from the Spirit Banner.
• Mu Chen and Yang Hong began clashing with spiritual energy, and Yang Hong revealed that he had reached the middle stage of the Sky Fusion Realm.
• Mu Yuan accepted Mu Kui’s challenge, and Mu Kui displayed spiritual energy at the middle stage of the Sky Fusion Realm.

Mu Yuan faced Mu Kui in a fierce battle, matching the middle Sky Fusion Realm cultivator’s power and blocking his massive attack with a surge of Spiritual Energy. Mu Kui then revealed his Grade Three Spirit Array, the Great Evolution Mountain Array, and summoned a colossal mountain to crush Mu Yuan.

• Mu Yuan and Mu Kui clashed, and Mu Kui was shocked that Mu Yuan’s Spiritual Energy rivaled his own.
• Mu Kui gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into a huge tornado and hurled it at Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan’s golden waves, surrounding the Nether God's Spear, met the tornado and blocked its attack.
• Mu Kui revealed that he was a Grade Three Spirit Array Master and formed the Great Evolution Mountain Array, while Mu Chen also formed a fiery-red Spirit Array against Yang Hong.
• Mu Kui summoned a giant yellow mountain from the array and sent it swelling toward Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan broke Mu Kui’s Great Evolution Mountain Array and drove him toward defeat, while Yang Hong transformed into an Ancient Tiger Flood Dragon to press Mu Chen. Mu Kui then revealed his trump card, an Ancient Golden Crocodile Spirit Beast Essence, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Mu Yuan used the Nether God's Spear and Sword Drawing Art to split Mu Kui’s Great Evolution Mountain Array and force him back.
• Yang Hong transformed into an Ancient Tiger Flood Dragon and prepared to finish Mu Chen before Mu Kui could be defeated.
• Mu Yuan urged Mu Kui to reveal the Spirit Beast Essence he had refined.
• Mu Kui summoned the Ancient Golden Crocodile, a colossal beast ranked forty-seventh on the Myriad Beast Record's Earth Ranking.
• Elder Zhu Tian and the other elders reacted with surprise at Mu Kui’s powerful Spirit Beast Essence.

Mu Yuan faced Mu Kui’s Ancient Golden Crocodile power and revealed that he had been holding back, preparing to unleash Fire Kid’s strength. As Mu Kui pressed his attack, Mu Yuan’s aura surged and left the onlookers stunned.

• Mu Kui merged with the Ancient Golden Crocodile and struck at Mu Yuan with a claw, overwhelming his Imperial Dragon Seal That Shakes the Sea.
• Yang Hong watched Mu Kui’s strength and told Mu Chen that Mu Yuan would lose and that Mu Chen would be next.
• Mu Chen insisted that neither he nor Mu Yuan would lose as Yang Hong’s Ancient Tiger Flood Dragon advanced on him.
• Mu Kui launched another fierce attack, and Mu Yuan laughed before declaring that he would show his true power.
• Mu Yuan revealed that he had used only seventy percent of his strength and began drawing on Fire Kid’s power, shocking the onlookers.

Mu Yuan fought Mu Kui in the sky above North Spirit Mountain, where his first two Imperial Dragon Seals overwhelmed Mu Kui’s Ancient Golden Crocodile form. The battle continued as Mu Yuan prepared to unleash his third seal.

• Mu Yuan and Mu Kui’s clashes devastated North Spirit Mountain, so they moved their fight high into the sky.
• Zhou Ling and the watching students were stunned by Mu Yuan’s strength, while Elder Zhu Tian and the other elders sensed a powerful Dragon Clan presence within him.
• Mu Yuan’s Imperial Dragon Seal That Shakes the Sea broke through Mu Kui’s Golden Crocodile Light and sent him flying.
• Mu Yuan’s Imperial Dragon Seal That Covers the Earth pierced Mu Kui’s golden defensive barrier and struck him until he vomited blood.
• Mu Yuan stood in the air and began using the Imperial Dragon Seal That Flips the Heavens.

Mu Yuan defeated Mu Kui in a brutal battle, but Yang Hong attacked the weakened victor. Mu Chen intervened and struck Yang Hong down with the Pagoda of Futu, leaving both Yang Hong and the tower crashing toward the ground.

• Mu Yuan overwhelmed Mu Kui with a storm of golden seals, and Mu Kui crashed into the summit of North Spirit Mountain.
• Mu Yuan descended victorious, visibly exhausted, while Yang Hong seized the chance to attack him with azure spiritual energy.
• Mu Chen blocked Yang Hong’s attack with Black Flame and told Mu Yuan to recover.
• Mu Chen formed the Pagoda of Futu and sent it crashing down onto Yang Hong’s Ancient Tiger Flood Dragon.
• The tower suppressed the Ancient Tiger Flood Dragon, and both plunged toward the ground with enough force to make the earth collapse.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen withdrew from the contest for the Spirit Banner, and Bing Qing also gave up, leaving Luo Li to claim the title of number one freshman. Three days later, Mu Yuan had recovered but had not reached the Sky Fusion Realm, and he gave Wei Ping a Heaven Tier Mountain Swallowing Python Spirit Beast Essence before sensing something unusual next door to Mu Chen.

• Mu Yuan declined to compete for the Spirit Banner and left to cultivate, and Mu Chen followed his lead and gave up the title.
• Bing Qing also withdrew, saying Mu Yuan was the most qualified freshman, and Luo Li pulled out the Spirit Banner to become number one freshman.
• Three days later, Mu Yuan had recovered from his battle with Mu Kui but remained in the Divine Spirit Realm, near the Quasi Sky Fusion Realm.
• Mu Yuan gave Wei Ping a Heaven Tier Mountain Swallowing Python Spirit Beast Essence, and Wei Ping returned to his room to refine it.
• Mu Yuan suddenly sensed something from the pavilion next door where Mu Chen was.

Mu Yuan confronted Li Xuantong over Mu Chen and Luo Li’s relationship, then revealed that he knew about Luo Li’s identity and the Luo Shen Clan’s decline. The chapter left Li Xuantong hearing Mu Yuan describe the burden placed on Luo Li as the clan’s chosen successor.

• Mu Yuan interrupted Li Xuantong’s conversation with Mu Chen and warned him not to interfere in Mu Chen and Luo Li’s relationship.
• Li Xuantong argued that Mu Chen was holding Luo Li back and urged Mu Yuan to persuade him to let her go.
• Mu Yuan hinted that he knew Luo Li was connected to the Luo Shen Clan, prompting Li Xuantong to leave with him for a private conversation.
• Luo Li arrived and asked Mu Chen whether Li Xuantong had harmed him or said anything troubling, and Mu Chen promised he would never let her go.
• Mu Yuan told Li Xuantong that the Luo Shen Clan had declined and that Luo Li had been named its next Luo Emperor after her father died and her grandfather returned to support the clan.

Mu Yuan explained the Luo Shen Clan’s peril to Li Xuantong and revealed that he and Mu Chen’s mother were tied to the Fudo Ancient Clan. He warned Li Xuantong not to interfere in Mu Chen and Luo Li’s relationship again, leaving Li Xuantong shaken by the family’s hidden background.

• Mu Yuan told Li Xuantong that Luo Tianshen was nearing his end and Luo Li had five years to inherit the clan’s legacy and reach the Supreme Realm.
• Mu Yuan recounted how the Flame Emperor’s connection to Luo Tianshen had once deterred the three great divine clans from attacking the Luo Shen Clan.
• Li Xuantong urged Mu Yuan to stop Mu Chen, doubting he could help Luo Li within five years.
• Mu Yuan refused, asserted that Mu Chen could rise beyond the Western Heaven Realm’s great divine clans, and revealed that he and Qing Yan Jing were trapped within the Fudo Ancient Clan.
• Mu Yuan threatened Li Xuantong not to interfere in Mu Chen and Luo Li’s affairs at the Northern Spiritual Academy, and Li Xuantong reacted with shock at the Fudo Ancient Clan’s significance.

Mu Yuan prepared to challenge Su Ling'er for first place on the Divine Spirit Ranking before entering the Sky Fusion Realm. He struck his Spirit Value Token, sending it toward the ranking monument as it blazed with golden light.

• Mu Yuan reflected on needing greater strength to deal with Li Xuantong and meet the Fudo Ancient Clan's challenge.
• Zhou Ling told Mu Yuan that Mu Kui had awakened and Yang Hong had lost his qualification to choose a Spiritual Art.
• Mu Yuan said he planned to challenge for first place on the Divine Spirit Ranking before reaching the Sky Fusion Realm.
• Zhou Ling warned Mu Yuan that Su Ling'er's older sister was Su Xuan, third on the Heaven Ranking, but Mu Yuan accepted the pressure.
• Mu Yuan unleashed a Sea Character Hand Seal at his Spirit Value Token, which flew into the Divine Spirit Ranking monument and made it shine.

Mu Yuan claimed first place on the Divine Spirit Ranking and entered the Spiritual Art Hall with Mu Chen, Luo Li, Mu Kui, and Bing Qing. Inside, he triggered a twenty-minute check-in mission and learned that the hall’s Spiritual Arts were hidden in rivers of light.

• Mu Yuan overtook Su Ling'er to take first place on the Divine Spirit Ranking, earning one hundred thousand spirit values and bringing his savings to around six hundred thousand.
• Su Ling'er complained to her older sister about losing her ranking, but her sister refused to help her confront Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, and Luo Li went to the Spiritual Art Hall, where Mu Kui and Bing Qing joined them.
• Elder Zhu Tian opened the hall’s bronze gates and led the five students inside.
• Mu Yuan received a check-in mission requiring him to remain in the Spiritual Art Hall for twenty minutes.
• Mu Yuan noticed unusual fluctuations in the rivers of light, and Elder Zhu Tian explained that the Spiritual Arts were hidden within them.

Mu Yuan searched the Spiritual Art Hall for a Divine Grade Spiritual Art and seized a quasi-Divine Grade scroll, but a check-in reward distracted him and the scroll escaped. The chapter left him staring in disbelief as the Spiritual Art he had nearly obtained flew away.

• Elder Zhu Tian explained that powerful Spiritual Arts had guardians Mu Yuan and the others would need to defeat to claim them.
• Mu Yuan passed over several High-grade Spirit Spiritual Arts and fought to capture a python-shaped stream of light.
• Mu Yuan seized the scroll and learned it contained the quasi-Divine Grade Sky-Tearing Cloud-Parting Hand.
• Mu Yuan received the Immortal Golden Body as a check-in reward, but discovered he lacked its first volume and could not cultivate it.
• A sudden tremor loosened Mu Yuan's grip, and the Sky-Tearing Cloud-Parting Hand scroll flew away.

Mu Yuan followed the Immortal Golden Body’s symbols into the Spiritual Art Hall’s core and obtained the first volume of the Divine Grade art, though its guardian still awaited him. Elder Zhu Tian and the white-haired old man learned that the Four Gods Star Constellation Scripture and Immortal Golden Body had rushed out of the core on their own.

• The Immortal Golden Body’s symbols carried Mu Yuan deep into the river of light, where they drew out a golden scroll.
• Mu Yuan recognized the scroll as the first volume of the Immortal Golden Body and seized it, receiving its information.
• Mu Yuan realized he would need to defeat the art’s guardian to keep it, then committed to claiming the scroll and vanished with it in a burst of golden light.
• Elder Zhu Tian and the white-haired old man heard from the Spiritual Art Hall’s consciousness that two core Spiritual Arts had rushed out on their own.
• The consciousness identified the arts as the Four Gods Star Constellation Scripture and the Immortal Golden Body, startling Elder Zhu Tian and the white-haired old man.

Mu Yuan faced a powerful guardian while trying to obtain the Immortal Golden Body, but the Heaven Transformation Realm opponent repeatedly overwhelmed him. After Fire Kid reminded him of another move, Mu Yuan launched a flame attack at the guardian.

• Elder Zhu Tian and the white-haired old man saw that Mu Yuan had obtained the Immortal Golden Body and Mu Chen had obtained the Four Gods Star Constellation Scripture.
• Mu Yuan entered a dark-gold hall and learned that he had to defeat its armored guardian to obtain the spiritual art.
• The guardian’s strength surpassed Mu Yuan’s, and it battered him despite his attempts to fight back and evade.
• Fire Kid reminded Mu Yuan that he could use its flames, and Mu Yuan gathered a red flame into a Spiritual Energy ball.
• Mu Yuan sent the flame-wrapped energy ball hurtling toward the guardian.