Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan defeated the Spiritual Art Hall guardian by damaging its spirit array with an explosive golden energy sphere and claimed the upper volume of the Immortal Golden Body. After the trial ended, Mu Chen planned to cultivate in an advanced Spirit Gathering Array, while Mu Yuan asked whether Luo Li would accompany him.

• Mu Yuan detonated his golden energy sphere inside the Flame Storm, and the blast disrupted the guardian's spirit array and severed its control connection.
• Elder Zhu Tian and the white-haired old man accepted that Mu Yuan had passed the trial, and Mu Yuan took the golden scroll containing the Immortal Golden Body's upper volume.
• Elder Zhu Tian let Mu Yuan keep the spiritual art and urged him to cultivate it successfully before sending him out of the Spiritual Art Hall.
• Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, Luo Li, Mu Kui, and Bing Qing reunited outside the hall, and Mu Kui and Bing Qing departed.
• Mu Chen said he would visit the Northern Spiritual Academy's advanced Spirit Gathering Arrays to cultivate, and Mu Yuan asked Luo Li whether she would go with him.

Mu Yuan cultivated in the Level Six Spirit Gathering Array and broke through to the Sky Fusion Realm after a month of seclusion. As he looked toward a disturbance in the array’s depths, he noticed spiritual energy surging there and figures rushing toward it.

• Mu Yuan exchanged spirit values for five bottles of first-grade killing intent, then led Mu Chen to a deep lake and entered a nearby cave to cultivate.
• Su Ling'er challenged Luo Li in the freshmen district, failed to defeat her, and searched the Level Six Spirit Gathering Array for Mu Yuan.
• After a month of cultivation, Mu Yuan’s Divine Spirit rose from his body and fused with heaven and earth, allowing him to enter the Sky Fusion Realm.
• Mu Yuan wondered whether Mu Chen and his father had also broken through, then noticed figures rushing toward violent spiritual energy fluctuations in the depths of the array.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen headed to the depths of the Level Six Spirit Gathering Array to compete for a Heavenly Spirit Lotus Seed that could stabilize Mu Yuan’s newly advanced spiritual energy. As the crowd gathered for the Lotus’s emergence, Su Ling'er confronted Xu Qingqing, who mocked her for failing to find Mu Yuan.

• Mu Chen told Mu Yuan that a Spirit Tide had formed around the Spirit Gathering Pillar and explained that it could produce a Heavenly Spirit Lotus containing a valuable Spirit Lotus Seed.
• Mu Yuan and Mu Chen traveled to the array’s deepest region, where a vast Spirit Tide had drawn a crowd of more than a thousand students.
• Chen Deping’s group demanded that students give up a spot, and Mu Yuan and Mu Chen yielded rather than provoke an unnecessary conflict.
• Su Ling'er arrived at the gathering and exchanged hostile remarks with Xu Qingqing, who taunted her about searching for Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen joined the rush for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus as students fought through a violent spiritual energy tide to reach it. Chen Deping attacked rivals near the lotus, while Mu Yuan and Mu Chen remained inside the chaos.

• Su Ling'er confronted Xu Qingqing over the Spirit Lotus Seeds, while Mu Yuan watched and focused on the swelling spiritual energy tide.
• The tide erupted, injuring students as they fled, and the Heavenly Spirit Lotus appeared in its wake.
• Mu Yuan and Mu Chen charged toward the lotus with Su Ling'er, Xu Qingqing, and Chen Deping, but Huo Feng surged ahead with his superior speed.
• Chen Deping and the other students attacked Huo Feng, forcing him to evade as nearly a hundred students entered the spiritual energy curtain.
• Chen Deping fought Liu Xiao and others over the lotus, then sent enormous azure palms toward Mu Yuan and Mu Chen.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen competed for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus while Mu Yuan faced Chen Deping and Su Ling'er. When the lotus burst, Mu Yuan caught a Spirit Lotus Seed and headed after more, while Mu Chen also secured one.

• Mu Yuan blocked Chen Deping's attack and forced him back as Mu Chen reached for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus.
• Su Ling'er confronted Mu Yuan, but the Heavenly Spirit Lotus knocked Mu Chen away before he could seize it.
• The Heavenly Spirit Lotus burst, sending Spirit Lotus Seeds flying through a storm of spiritual energy.
• Mu Yuan used his Golden Spiritual Energy to stop and catch a Spirit Lotus Seed, while Mu Chen collected one with his Nine-Tiered Pagoda.
• Mu Yuan set off to pursue more Spirit Lotus Seeds.

Mu Yuan captured another Spirit Lotus Seed, but Xu Qingqing attacked him and demanded that he surrender the seeds. Mu Chen’s Nine-Tiered Pagoda blocked her strike, broke her Silver Dragon Sword, and left Xu Qingqing summoning late-stage Sky Fusion Realm experts to attack the brothers.

• Mu Yuan seized a second Spirit Lotus Seed and ignored the onlookers’ anger.
• Xu Qingqing demanded Mu Yuan hand over his Spirit Lotus Seeds, then unleashed her Nine Heavens Spirit Sword Art against him.
• Mu Chen’s Nine-Tiered Pagoda intercepted Xu Qingqing’s sword strike and counterattacked with a golden dragon.
• The Nine-Tiered Pagoda crushed Xu Qingqing’s Silver Dragon Sword and sent her flying as she spat blood.
• Xu Qingqing called Liu Xiao and several other late-stage Sky Fusion Realm experts to attack Mu Yuan and Mu Chen, who prepared to fight back.

Mu Yuan collected five Spirit Lotus Seeds with Mu Chen while Su Ling'er held off Xu Qingqing, then left the Spirit Gathering Array and returned to the new student district. Xu Qingqing threatened revenge through her brother Xu Huang, while Mu Yuan’s group celebrated their breakthroughs and Wei Ping reported that he had reached the Quasi Sky Fusion Realm.

• Su Ling'er and her group intercepted Xu Qingqing and her allies, giving Mu Yuan and Mu Chen time to collect Spirit Lotus Seeds.
• Mu Yuan and Mu Chen gathered three more seeds, bringing their total to five as the spiritual energy tide ended.
• Xu Qingqing demanded a seed and threatened Mu Yuan with her brother Xu Huang, but Mu Yuan refused and named a price of one million spiritual value points per seed.
• Mu Yuan gave Su Ling'er a Spirit Lotus Seed to thank her, and they left the Spirit Gathering Array together before parting on friendly terms.
• Mu Yuan and Mu Chen returned to the new student district, where the new students celebrated their cultivation breakthroughs.
• Wei Ping told Mu Yuan that he had refined the Sky Swallowing Python and reached the Quasi Sky Fusion Realm.

Mu Yuan stabilized his Sky Fusion Realm with a Spirit Lotus Seed and completed the first level of the Immortal Golden Body. His cultivation was interrupted when Wei Ping reported that the Great Wasteland Society had injured Zhou Ling, and Mu Yuan suspected Xu Qingqing was involved.

• Mu Yuan absorbed a Spirit Lotus Seed, solidifying his foundation and fully stabilizing his Sky Fusion Realm.
• Mu Yuan began cultivating the Immortal Golden Body with first-grade killing intent, using its specialized fist technique to refine his body.
• After five days, Mu Yuan completed the first level of the Immortal Golden Body and made his physical body comparable to a low-grade spiritual artifact.
• Wei Ping arrived and told Mu Yuan that unfamiliar senior students from the Great Wasteland Society had driven out Twin Mu Association members and injured Zhou Ling.
• Mu Yuan asked whether the group included Xu Qingqing.

Mu Yuan rushed to the Level Five Spirit Gathering Array after Xu Qingqing attacked members of the Twin Mu Association, then confronted and slapped her twice. When Xu Qingqing tried to retaliate and ordered the Great Wasteland Society to attack, Mu Yuan repelled Chen Xiu, and the confrontation was interrupted by a shout calling Xu Qingqing.

• Wei Ping told Mu Yuan that Xu Qingqing had attacked the Twin Mu Association, and Mu Yuan hurried with him to the Level Five Spirit Gathering Array.
• Mu Yuan arrived to find Zhou Ling and the others facing Xu Qingqing and the Great Wasteland Society.
• Mu Yuan slapped Xu Qingqing twice, declaring that the first slap was for the Twin Mu Association and the second for her foul mouth.
• Xu Qingqing attacked Mu Yuan with her longsword, but Mu Yuan struck her wrist and knocked the weapon away.
• Chen Xiu challenged Mu Yuan, who forced him back with a single punch.
• Xu Qingqing ordered the Great Wasteland Society to attack and then prepared to fight herself, but someone shouted her name.

Xu Huang confronted Mu Yuan over Xu Qingqing, demanding that he accept punishment, while Mu Yuan refused to back down. Just as Xu Huang prepared to attack, Su Xuan arrived, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Qingqing appealed to Xu Huang after Mu Yuan slapped her, and Xu Huang demanded an explanation from Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan threatened Xu Qingqing and criticized Xu Huang for shielding her without learning what had happened.
• Xu Huang insisted that Mu Yuan accept punishment, then unleashed his Heaven Transformation Realm spiritual pressure.
• Mu Yuan resisted the pressure with the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force and prepared to fight rather than submit.
• Su Xuan appeared beside Mu Yuan as Xu Huang moved to attack, drawing startled excitement from the crowd.

Su Xuan intervened to stop Xu Huang and Xu Qingqing from targeting Mu Yuan, explaining that she had come to repay Mu Yuan for helping her sister, Su Ling'er. After Xu Huang withdrew, he told Xu Qingqing he would not attack Mu Yuan himself but suggested using the Azure Red Society against him.

• Su Xuan confronted Xu Huang and said she was helping Mu Yuan repay the favor he had done Su Ling'er.
• Xu Huang agreed to leave Mu Yuan alone for Su Xuan's sake, and Mu Yuan thanked Su Xuan.
• Su Xuan told Mu Yuan she appreciated his performance at the Northern Spiritual Academy and had come partly because Su Ling'er had asked her.
• News spread that Xu Huang had withdrawn from his confrontation with Su Xuan, prompting Xu Qingqing to complain that people thought her brother feared Su Xuan.
• Xu Huang told Xu Qingqing he would keep his promise to Su Xuan but suggested she have someone from the Azure Red Society target Mu Yuan.

Huo Feng challenged Mu Yuan to a fight, and the Northern Spiritual Academy expected Mu Yuan to be badly outmatched. Mu Yuan accepted the challenge and demanded one million spiritual points as the stakes.

• Xu Huang told Xu Qingqing that Huo Feng had reached the Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm, and she hurried to encourage him to challenge Mu Yuan.
• News of Huo Feng's challenge spread across the Northern Spiritual Academy, where students speculated that the Azure Red Society wanted revenge for Mu Yuan's earlier clashes with its members.
• Su Ling'er protested the challenge to Su Xuan, who suspected Xu Qingqing was behind it and concluded that Mu Yuan would probably accept.
• Zhou Ling and the other new students urged Mu Yuan to reject the challenge, but Mu Yuan accepted and demanded that Huo Feng put up one million spiritual points as the stakes.

Mu Yuan accepted Huo Feng’s challenge and demanded one million spirit points as the stakes, drawing the attention of the entire Northern Spiritual Academy. At the Spiritual Arena, Mu Yuan arrived confident that he could defeat Huo Feng, whose strength had reached the Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm.

• Mu Yuan accepted Huo Feng’s challenge and asked him to prepare one million spirit points for the stakes.
• Students across the Northern Spiritual Academy stopped cultivating and gathered at the Spiritual Arena to watch the match.
• Su Xuan, Crane Demon, Xu Huang, and other prominent students arrived at the arena.
• Mu Yuan entered the arena, where Su Ling'er asked whether he was confident against Huo Feng.
• Mu Yuan said he was confident, despite Su Ling'er warning that Huo Feng had recently defeated another Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm expert.

Mu Yuan faced Huo Feng in a challenge for one million spirit points as the Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm expert unleashed his overwhelming power. Mu Yuan shattered Huo Feng’s signature palm attack with a single punch, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Crane Demon, Xu Qingqing, Xu Huang, Mu Kui, Bing Qing, Mu Chen, and Luo Li watched as Huo Feng arrived at the battle platform, his Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm aura forcing weaker students to retreat.
• Mu Yuan demanded the one million spirit points, while Huo Feng accused him of ruining the Azure Red Society’s reputation and vowed to make him pay.
• Huo Feng drew in the surrounding spiritual energy and attacked Mu Yuan with his signature Formless Formless Palm.
• Mu Yuan wrapped himself in Golden Spiritual Energy and shattered Huo Feng’s two enormous palms with a single punch.

Mu Yuan used the Immortal Golden Body and the Nether God's Spear to turn his fight with Huo Feng around, overwhelming the Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm expert. After sending Huo Feng flying, Mu Yuan told him to admit defeat, leaving the battle’s outcome seemingly decided.

• Mu Yuan traded blows with Huo Feng, blocking the Formless Formless Palm with punches powered by his Immortal Golden Body.
• Su Ling'er, Su Xuan, Crane Demon, and Xu Huang watched as Mu Yuan held his ground against Huo Feng’s attacks.
• Mu Yuan formed a Nether God's Spear from spiritual energy and used the Sword Drawing Art to force Huo Feng onto the defensive.
• Mu Yuan shattered another of Huo Feng’s attacks, sent him flying, and told him to admit defeat.

Huo Feng summoned the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast with the quasi-divine Heaven Swallowing Divine Art and attacked Mu Yuan. Mu Yuan's Nether God's Spears struck the beast's enormous mouth, but the clash's outcome was not shown.

• Huo Feng said he had to fight for the Azure Red Society despite regretting his challenge, then unleashed a spiritual art he had recently cultivated.
• Huo Feng used spirit beast essence blood to summon the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast, and Su Xuan identified the beast and the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art.
• The Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast devoured the spiritual energy around Mu Yuan, weakening the power of his spiritual arts.
• Huo Feng commanded the beast to attack, and its enormous mouth descended around Mu Yuan, crushing the ground and blocking his escape.
• Mu Yuan fired a rain of Nether God's Spears at the dark giant mouth.

Mu Yuan was swallowed by Huo Feng’s Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast, but the beast’s devouring power began to reverse and absorb its own dark mass and blood essence. The chapter ended with Huo Feng unable to control or reach his blood essence as Mu Yuan’s fate remained unclear.

• Huo Feng unleashed the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast, whose black dome swallowed Mu Yuan and crushed the battle platform.
• Huo Feng declared victory while Su Ling’er feared Mu Yuan had lost, but Su Xuan sensed that he was still alive.
• The black mass began trembling, shrinking, and vanishing as an unknown force inside it resisted the beast’s devouring power.
• The Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast blood essence in Huo Feng’s chest was pulled toward the black mass, and Huo Feng discovered his connection to it had been severed.

Mu Yuan absorbed the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast's blood essence with Fire Kid's help, leaving Huo Feng weakened and terrified. He then unleashed the Imperial Dragon Seal That Flips the Heavens, devastating the battle platform as the crowd watched.

• Mu Yuan emerged from the black light after Fire Kid swallowed the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast's blood essence, shocking Huo Feng and the spectators.
• Mu Yuan taunted Huo Feng, whose loss of the blood essence had drastically reduced his strength.
• Su Xuan praised Mu Yuan's potential to challenge Shen Cangsheng for the Northern Spiritual Academy Heaven Ranking's top position.
• Mu Yuan formed golden seals in the sky and launched the Imperial Dragon Seal That Flips the Heavens at Huo Feng.
• Mu Yuan's attack shook nearby spectators and nearly destroyed the battle platform, while the Spiritual Arena's barrier protected the stands.

Mu Yuan defeated Huo Feng, earning fame throughout the Northern Spiritual Academy, then advanced to the middle stage of the Sky Fusion Realm through Fire Kid’s breakthrough. The chapter left him preparing to meet Su Xuan after Su Ling’er brought him an invitation.

• Huo Feng admitted defeat, paid Mu Yuan one million spirit values, and ended the Azure Red Society’s grudge against him.
• Students and onlookers applauded Mu Yuan’s victory and recognized him as a powerful new figure in the Northern Spiritual Academy.
• Mu Yuan stayed in his pavilion while Fire Kid refined the Ancient Heaven Swallowing Beast’s blood essence, and he reflected on what he had learned from the battle.
• Fire Kid completed a minor breakthrough, causing Mu Yuan to advance to the middle stage of the Sky Fusion Realm through their Life Bond Contract.
• Su Ling’er visited Mu Yuan and told him that Su Xuan wanted to see him.

Su Xuan invited Mu Yuan to join a Heaven-tier Mission at White Dragon Hill, but he declined because the system assigned him a check-in mission in Tianhai City. He recommended his younger brother Mu Chen for the vacant place, and Su Xuan agreed to test him.

• Su Xuan offered Mu Yuan a place on a Heaven-tier Mission with a reward of 1.5 million Spiritual Value per person, and Su Ling'er explained that Shen Cangsheng had once completed an upper-grade mission alone.
• The system assigned Mu Yuan a thirty-minute check-in mission in Tianhai City, and Su Xuan told him that her mission would take place at White Dragon Hill.
• Mu Yuan declined Su Xuan's invitation and recommended Mu Chen to fill the spot instead.
• Su Xuan agreed to test Mu Chen's strength, and Mu Yuan brought him to the island where Su Xuan, Su Ling'er, Guo Xiong, and Li Qing were waiting.