Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen demonstrated his strength to Su Xuan and earned the fifth spot on her mission team, while Mu Yuan found an Earth-level mission targeting eleven fiends near Tianhai City. The next morning, Mu Yuan set out toward the city with Su Xuan’s group.

• Su Xuan tested Mu Chen with the Heavy Water Spirit Pearl, and Mu Chen countered her attack with six Senluo Death Seals before surviving the resulting shockwave.
• Su Xuan agreed that Mu Chen was strong enough to take the fifth spot, and Mu Chen stayed behind to discuss the mission with her group.
• Mu Yuan went to the Mission Hall and accepted an Earth-level mission to kill eleven fiends near Tianhai City, including the dangerous Xie Chengxiang.
• The next morning, Mu Yuan prepared to leave and traveled with Su Xuan’s group toward the outskirts of the Northern Spiritual Academy.

Mu Yuan reached Tianhai City to check in and visited the weakened Huang Family, where the city's families were facing Cao Churui's threat. The Huang Family prepared to receive him as its allies debated how to respond to Cao Churui's demand.

• Su Xuan warned Mu Yuan that students training beyond the Northern Spiritual Academy had to rely on themselves, and she and the others left for White Dragon Hill while Mu Yuan headed to Tianhai City.
• Mu Yuan arrived at Tianhai City and received a system prompt to remain at the check-in location for thirty minutes.
• Mu Yuan went to the Huang Family residence and showed its guards his Northern Spiritual Academy student token.
• Huang Yun and the other gathered family leaders discussed Cao Churui's demand that they surrender half their assets within a day or face the destruction of their families.

Huang Yun and the other family heads planned to surrender half their assets to Cao Churui while waiting for Northern Spiritual Academy’s help. When Mu Yuan arrived, they doubted him until his spiritual pressure revealed his extraordinary strength, and Huang Yun asked how he would deal with Cao Churui.

• Huang Yun persuaded the family heads to hand over assets temporarily while they waited for Northern Spiritual Academy’s expert to arrive.
• A guard announced that someone bearing a Northern Spiritual Academy student token had arrived, and Huang Yun led the cultivators out to welcome him.
• Mu Yuan introduced himself and said his mission was to kill Cao Churui, but Huang Yun and the others despaired when they sensed Mu Yuan was only at the mid stage of the Sky Fusion Realm.
• A late-stage Sky Fusion Realm cultivator mocked Mu Yuan, who unleashed overwhelming spiritual pressure that froze the surrounding space and terrified the crowd.
• Huang Yun apologized and asked Mu Yuan how he intended to deal with Cao Churui.

Mu Yuan went with Huang Yun to confront Cao Churui and demonstrated that his middle-stage Sky Fusion Realm strength far exceeded appearances. After killing Liu Wanrong in one move, he called Cao Churui out, leaving Cao Churui alarmed and questioning Mu Yuan’s identity.

• Mu Yuan insisted on confronting Cao Churui that day, and Huang Yun led him to the restaurant where Cao Churui was staying.
• Liu Wanrong mocked Mu Yuan for challenging Cao Churui, but Mu Yuan formed a Nether God's Spear and killed Liu Wanrong with a single strike.
• Mu Yuan called Cao Churui out, and Cao Churui appeared, recognizing that Mu Yuan’s strength rivaled the Quasi Heaven Transformation Realm.
• Cao Churui asked who Mu Yuan was and noted that he did not recognize him from Northern Spiritual Academy's Heaven Ranking.

Mu Yuan confronted Cao Churui, who tried to flee after realizing Mu Yuan was connected to Northern Spiritual Academy. Mu Yuan pursued him and overwhelmed him in battle, leaving Cao Churui shocked by his strength.

• Cao Churui decided to flee rather than risk fighting Mu Yuan or drawing the attention of Shen Cangsheng.
• Mu Yuan caught up with Cao Churui and cut down the earthen giant he summoned with a single strike.
• Cao Churui attacked Mu Yuan with his saber and Poison Dragon Saber Art, but Mu Yuan's counterattack sent him flying.
• Mu Yuan formed the Imperial Dragon Seal That Covers the Earth and drove it toward Cao Churui.
• Cao Churui unleashed his strongest move, the Black Fiend Dragon Saber, but Mu Yuan's golden seal shattered the black dragon and knocked away Cao Churui's saber.

Mu Yuan killed Cao Churui in Tianhai City and received the Jie Zi Secret, then hunted down nine more mission targets. After four or five days, he reached the palace of his final and strongest target, Xie Chengxiang.

• Mu Yuan defeated and killed Cao Churui, then recognized a Tianyin Sect token on his body.
• Mu Yuan checked in and obtained the Jie Zi Secret, which could multiply his combat power several times over.
• The surrounding cultivators watched Mu Yuan's victory, and he left Cao Churui's remaining subordinates for the clans to deal with.
• Mu Yuan killed Qin Feng and continued hunting the remaining mission targets, eventually killing ten of the eleven.
• Mu Yuan arrived above Xie Chengxiang's palace, preparing to face the strongest target on his list.

Mu Yuan learned that Xie Chengxiang had secretly helped Dragon Demon Palace disciples kill Northern Spiritual Academy students, making him the most serious of Mu Yuan’s targets. Mu Yuan went to confront him, and Xie Chengxiang welcomed him after seeing that he was only at the middle Sky Fusion Realm.

• Mu Yuan learned that Xie Chengxiang had colluded with Dragon Demon Palace disciples to kill Northern Spiritual Academy students.
• Mu Yuan judged that Xie Chengxiang’s true Heaven Transformation Realm cultivation and possible escape made him difficult to kill.
• Mu Yuan headed to Xie Chengxiang’s palace to greet him.
• Xie Chengxiang dismissed his concubines after learning that a Northern Spiritual Academy student had come to see him.
• Xie Chengxiang saw that Mu Yuan was at the middle Sky Fusion Realm and welcomed him, asking his name and purpose.

Mu Yuan lured Xie Chengxiang into examining a rust-covered metal sphere, then struck him by surprise and wounded his arm. Their battle escalated into a clash of powerful techniques that destroyed the palace, leaving both fighters standing and Mu Yuan frowning.

• Mu Yuan claimed he wanted to exchange a treasure for Spirit Coins, while Xie Chengxiang secretly considered killing him if the treasure proved valuable.
• Mu Yuan showed Xie Chengxiang a rust-covered metal sphere, which Xie Chengxiang identified as a possible third-grade Spirit Array Seed.
• Mu Yuan used the moment Xie Chengxiang examined the sphere to attack with the Sword Drawing Art, wounding his shoulder despite his spirit armor.
• Xie Chengxiang retaliated with a Spiritual Energy palm strike, but Mu Yuan evaded it and the two faced each other across the hall.
• Mu Yuan attacked with the Imperial Dragon Seal That Covers the Earth and the Nether God's Spear, while Xie Chengxiang countered with the Flame God Battle Axe.
• Their attacks collided and tore apart the palace, but neither fighter was shaken.

Mu Yuan fought Xie Chengxiang, whose strength and healing pill allowed him to recover his injured arm and unleash a powerful assault. Xie Chengxiang crushed Mu Yuan’s Imperial Dragon Seal That Flips the Heavens and drove him into a crater, but Mu Yuan emerged unharmed and acknowledged that he had underestimated his opponent.

• Mu Yuan and Xie Chengxiang matched attacks, and Xie Chengxiang realized Mu Yuan’s strength rivaled that of a Heaven Transformation Realm expert.
• Xie Chengxiang covered himself in crimson armor to boost his Spiritual Energy, then swallowed a pill that instantly restored his injured right arm.
• Xie Chengxiang attacked Mu Yuan with a massive axe strike, while Mu Yuan countered with Imperial Dragon Seal That Flips the Heavens.
• Xie Chengxiang shattered Mu Yuan’s seal and battered him into a crater with a rain of axe shadows.
• Mu Yuan emerged unharmed from the crater and told Xie Chengxiang that he had underestimated him.

Mu Yuan activated the Jie Zi Secret and gained tenfold combat power as he fought Xie Chengxiang, his final target among eleven great fiends. After suppressing Xie Chengxiang with his speed and swordsmanship, Mu Yuan declared that he would now face him head-on.

• Xie Chengxiang revealed that his strength had reached the peak of the early Heaven Transformation Realm, while Mu Yuan said he had already killed the other ten great fiends.
• Mu Yuan activated the Jie Zi Secret, multiplying his cultivation, speed, and physical strength tenfold, and attacked Xie Chengxiang with his spear and swordsmanship.
• Xie Chengxiang's powerful axe strike forced Mu Yuan back, but Mu Yuan stayed undeterred and used his speed to evade direct clashes and wound Xie Chengxiang.
• Xie Chengxiang grew furious as Mu Yuan's movement technique and sword attacks kept him suppressed.
• Mu Yuan pulled back and told Xie Chengxiang he would grant his wish by fighting him head-on.

Mu Yuan unleashed the stacked Three Imperial Dragon Seals to kill Xie Chengxiang and complete his mission. As he prepared to leave the ruined palace, Xie Chengxiang’s death-triggered Space Storm Great Array trapped him in an unstable Space Passage.

• Mu Yuan combined the three Imperial Dragon Seals and sent them against Xie Chengxiang’s strongest axe strike.
• Mu Yuan’s stacked seals shattered Xie Chengxiang’s axe phantom and killed him, though the move consumed thirty percent of Mu Yuan’s spiritual power.
• Mu Yuan assessed his strength, collected Xie Chengxiang’s corpse and weapon, and prepared to leave after completing his mission to kill all eleven targets.
• Black pillars of light activated Xie Chengxiang’s Space Storm Great Array around Mu Yuan, forming an unstable Space Passage.
• Mu Yuan recognized the danger as the spatial barriers cracked and an unnatural wind howled around him.

Mu Yuan forced his way through a Space Storm and was thrown from the passage into a desert, badly injured but alive. After resting for nearly a day, he woke to find himself bandaged in a tent, apparently rescued by someone.

• Mu Yuan entered the Space Storm and used his spiritual power and speed to resist its tearing force.
• As the storm intensified near the exit, Mu Yuan dodged a massive surge of Space Power and crashed through the silver passage.
• Mu Yuan emerged in a desert, where he lay gravely injured and slowly recovered for nearly a day.
• Mu Yuan began circulating the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, then woke in a tent unable to move, wrapped in bandages.

Mu Yuan recovered after a Space Storm stranded him on Lingyao Continent, where Han Chong and Niu Niu introduced him to the sealed, desolate land. After two days, Mu Yuan emerged from the tent and was ordered to help guard the village, where he observed the villagers bringing in a captured Wolf Fiend.

• Han Chong told Mu Yuan he had found him injured in the Northern Desert and explained that he was on Lingyao Continent.
• Mu Yuan told Han Chong about the Space Storm that had brought him there, then asked Niu Niu about the continent while sharing stories of other lands.
• Niu Niu explained that Lingyao Continent was a fragment of an ancient continent sealed after a calamity, and that other outsiders had recently arrived.
• After two days, Mu Yuan recovered enough to leave the tent and saw the village's barren, dust-filled surroundings.
• A burly man gave Mu Yuan a crude spear and ordered him to help guard the village, while villagers returned with a bound Wolf Fiend.

Mu Yuan learned that Wolf Fiends were mutated spirit beasts called Evil Beasts and that they were humanity’s mortal enemies. He joined the villagers of Blood Wasteland Village to inspect a suspected Evil Beast spy, and Elder Hai arrived to test the captive.

• Mu Yuan learned that eerie black substance had mutated spirit beasts across Lingyao Continent into Evil Beasts, including Wolf Fiends, and that humans occupied less than a tenth of the continent.
• Mu Yuan accepted meat from Niu Niu, then gave her the portion he did not eat.
• Mu Yuan took a Qi Yuan Pill and realized his injuries would heal within half a day.
• Niu Niu told Mu Yuan that villagers had captured an Evil Beast spy, and they went to the square to see him.
• Wang Quan questioned the dark-skinned captive, who claimed to be a villager from Green Wasteland Village and demanded his release.
• Elder Hai arrived, the only person in Blood Wasteland Village who knew the Secret Technique for distinguishing humans from Evil Beasts.

Mu Yuan protected Niu Niu when a captive Evil Beast revealed its true Heaven Transformation Realm strength and broke free. After Mu Yuan forced it back and Wang Quan killed it, the village women began eyeing Mu Yuan as a potential husband.

• Elder Hai’s scrutiny prompted the man in black to reveal his Heaven Transformation Realm power and smash the iron cage.
• The man in black charged at Niu Niu to take her hostage, but Mu Yuan stepped in front of her.
• Mu Yuan struck the man in black back with a punch, despite his injuries and lower cultivation.
• Wang Quan killed the man in black and praised Mu Yuan for his strength.
• Wang Quan warned Gu Nan to know his limits, then Elder Hai explained that powerful Evil Beasts could take human form.
• Niu Niu told Mu Yuan that the village women were looking at him because his strength made him eligible to marry.

Mu Yuan followed a powerful woman in golden armor through a spatial rift into a separate dimension. After gathering its medicinal treasures, he stumbled upon the woman bathing and accidentally exposed his presence.

• Fire Kid warned Mu Yuan about a woman in golden armor, and Mu Yuan recognized that she was at the peak of the mid-stage Heaven Transformation Realm.
• Fire Kid told Mu Yuan that the woman was crossing a spatial rift into a separate dimension, so Mu Yuan followed her by copying her steps.
• Mu Yuan waited a hundred breaths after the woman vanished, then used the memorized steps to enter the separate dimension.
• Mu Yuan found a mountain covered in old Natural Treasures and swiftly harvested its medicinal herbs.
• Mu Yuan reached the mountain summit, saw the woman bathing naked in a lake, and accidentally exposed his aura.

Mu Yuan stole the golden-armored woman’s only outfit to escape her attack and used it to bargain for the route out of the separate space. When she refused to explain the route, he began gathering the remaining Natural Treasures while she considered making temporary clothes.

• The golden-armored woman discovered Mu Yuan and attacked, so he gambled that she had no spare clothes and rushed for the outfit she had left by the lake.
• Mu Yuan seized the woman’s outfit and undergarments, stored them in his system space, and fled to the summit of the medicinal mountain.
• The woman refused to chase him naked and warned him that he could not leave the separate space without knowing a different footwork route.
• Mu Yuan threatened to destroy her clothes unless she told him how to leave, but she said the route was too complicated to explain.
• Mu Yuan began collecting the remaining Natural Treasures as the woman considered weaving herself a temporary set of clothes.

The woman in the lake refined Essence of Water into clothes while Mu Yuan used the Medicine Mountain’s treasures to break through to the late Sky Fusion Realm. After the woman emerged and attacked him with a golden spear, Mu Yuan fled, and she pursued him.

• The woman began refining Essence of Water so she could weave clothes and escape the lake.
• Mu Yuan finished refining the Natural Treasures and absorbed their spiritual energy despite the strain on his body.
• Mu Yuan circulated the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force and broke through to the late Sky Fusion Realm, gaining more Dragon Elephant phantoms.
• The woman emerged in green clothes and attacked Mu Yuan with a golden spear, but he retreated and countered with his techniques.
• Mu Yuan’s defenses only partly stopped the woman’s strike, so he turned and ran as she pursued him.

Mu Yuan fled from Wen Qingxuan until the Quasi-Heavenly Realm Red Sky Lion appeared in the otherworldly space. Red Sky Lion revealed he had used the Void Devouring Banner to break in and demanded Wen Qingxuan return the Natural Treasures she had taken from his territory.

• Mu Yuan used Resonance Turn and the Jie Zi Secret to flee Wen Qingxuan, but she remained faster, so he called on Fire Kid for help.
• Fire Kid sensed someone approaching, and Wen Qingxuan stopped as the Quasi-Heavenly Realm Red Sky Lion appeared.
• Red Sky Lion revealed that he had used the Void Devouring Banner to open a passage into Wen Qingxuan's otherworldly space.
• Mu Yuan realized the woman's identity was Wen Qingxuan and quietly looked for a chance to escape through the passage.
• Red Sky Lion demanded that Wen Qingxuan hand over the Natural Treasures she had taken from his territory and threatened to kill her.

Mu Yuan realized he had taken the Natural Treasures Wen Qingxuan had spent months gathering, leaving her to face the Red Sky Lion’s revenge. The Red Sky Lion overwhelmed her with attacks, but as she launched her Heavenly Phoenix Spear toward Mu Yuan, he began gathering power for another strike.

• Mu Yuan understood that he had taken the Natural Treasures intended for Wen Qingxuan’s breakthrough, and she chose not to reveal the truth to the Red Sky Lion.
• The Red Sky Lion attacked Wen Qingxuan with his red staff, but she evaded his repeated blows.
• The Red Sky Lion revealed his true form and battered Wen Qingxuan with rapid strikes, injuring her.
• Wen Qingxuan used Heavenly Phoenix Shadow and then hurled her enlarged Heavenly Phoenix Spear toward Mu Yuan.
• The Red Sky Lion withdrew and erupted with his aura again as he prepared to meet Wen Qingxuan’s attack.