Recaps

Chu Mu was forced to help the True Demon seize the Demon Domain Heart, but escaped the Demon Domain carrying a curse that was slowly demonizing him. He used the Immortal Path Sect’s inheritance to prepare a way to resist the corruption, then left the Secret Realm and found the Vast Ocean Cultivation Realm devastated by war.

• Chu Mu entered the Demon Domain with the True Demon, refined the Earth Heart Spirit Fire, and helped restore Li Er’s sanity before the group reached Sky Demon City.
• The True Demon forced Chu Mu to form a Golden Core and help refine the Demon Domain Heart, while Chu Mu’s blade intent advanced as he fought the demonic tide.
• The Dragon Robe Man confronted the True Demon, and Chu Mu escaped the Demon Domain through a spatial rift after fighting off the Sky Demon Legion.
• Chu Mu discovered that the Demon Lord Remnant Soul’s curse was demonizing him, then recovered in the Mountain Valley and found that great sun fire qi could resist the corruption.
• Chu Mu entered the Immortal Path Sect’s inheritance, mastered array and artifact knowledge, and devised a plan involving the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Grand Array and a Lifebound Magic Treasure.
• Chu Mu completed the array in the Magma Fire Sea, learned it needed nine fire-attribute dragon souls to reach its full power, and left the Secret Realm through a spatial weak point.
• Chu Mu emerged in the Outer Sea, avoided helping prisoners held on a Giant Rock Alligator Turtle, and traveled to the Red Glow Sea Area.
• Chu Mu learned that the Dark Serpent Clan had invaded Vast Ocean territory and that the Vast Ocean Cultivation Realm had lost half its domain.

Chu Mu returned to Red Glow, recovered from his injuries, and established himself as a Golden Core cultivator while True Understanding Pavilion expanded. At the Demon Suppression Islands, he led the restoration of an ancient War Puppet, uncovered a hidden control backdoor, and earned materials and merit for his own plans.

• Chu Mu completed the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower, used it to weaken the Demonic Markings on his Divine Soul, and returned to Red Glow after the corruption faded.
• Chu Mu revealed his Golden Core to the cultivators at True Understanding Pavilion, declined a ceremony, and appointed Chang Hongyi to manage the growing pavilion.
• Chu Mu healed his long-standing injuries with Xu Yuan’s emerald pills, awakened a Blade Domain, and gave Hong'er a Wooden Sword infused with Blade Intent.
• Green Wood Real Person brought Chu Mu to the Demon Suppression Islands, where Chu Mu studied the damaged Ancient War Puppet and won the Array Dao Nascent Soul’s approval for his repair plan.
• Chu Mu discovered a hidden control backdoor woven into the War Puppet’s core, concealed it, and added a safeguard while preparing to blame whoever had planted it.
• Chu Mu repaired and sealed the Puppet Heart, then helped the other Artifact Refiners restore the War Puppet until it awakened.
• Qian Kun granted Chu Mu Azure Purple Crystal for the successful restoration, and Chu Mu collected materials with his merit points for his Blade War Puppet design.
• Chu Mu checked on Wangcai’s transformation and met Xu Changqing, who had come to the Demon Suppression Islands to hunt Monster Beasts and temper his Sword Dao.

Chu Mu survived the Beast Tide, defeated a Dark Serpent Clan assault, and created a powerful corpse puppet as conflict across the Vast Ocean escalated. After leaving the Demon Suppression Islands, he began designing Qing Ling’s Lifebound Magic Treasure and prepared to pursue Nine Heavens Profound Gold at a Ba Zhou Alliance auction.

• Chu Mu joined Earthly Fiend Island’s defense against the Beast Tide, saved He Fengshan, and killed two powerful demon beasts while uncovering signs of coordinated attacks and Flesh Puppets.
• A giant beast fused with Azure Ice Flame pursued Chu Mu, but the Dark Serpent Clan’s White Serpent joined the attack and Chu Mu killed the giant beast before the White Serpent fled.
• Chu Mu upgraded the Nine Dragons Suppressing Prison Tower, studied the demon corpse’s unusual refinements, and turned it into a corpse puppet that submitted to his Blade Intent and safeguards.
• As rebels and the Dark Serpent Clan challenged the Chen Family, Chu Mu and his allies formed an alliance, learned that three Golden Core cultivators had disappeared, and attended Qing Cang’s gathering amid growing unrest.
• Qing Ling revealed her Half-Human Half-Jiaolong bloodline and asked Chu Mu to design a Lifebound Magic Treasure that could suit both her human and Jiaolong forms.
• After the teleportation array was repaired, Chu Mu returned to Crimson Clouds, studied Qing Ling’s forms, and focused on designing her treasure while the Chen Family drew independent cultivators into its merit system.
• Chang Hongyi told Chu Mu that the Ba Zhou Alliance would auction genuine Nine Heavens Profound Gold, and Chu Mu decided to attend in True Understanding Pavilion’s name.
• Qing Ling approved Chu Mu’s treasure design and stayed at his residence while he asked her about the Ba Zhou Alliance and Ba Dao Real Person.

Chu Mu helped the Zhao family evade the Ba Dao Alliance, attended Ba Dao Real Person’s discourse, and received the Nine Heavens Profound Gold. He then discovered that the Chen Family had turned the Millennial Celebration into a trap for the city’s cultivators and Nascent Soul experts.

• Qing Ling showed Chu Mu footage of the rogue cultivator whose puppet and Spirit Artifacts he recognized as his own work, then moved into his rear courtyard while he designed her Lifebound Magic Treasure.
• Chu Mu completed Qing Ling’s Sun Moon Golden Wheel, then sailed toward Ba Prefecture and crafted a Qiankun Pouch for Wangcai and the corpse puppet.
• Wangcai tracked the Zhao sisters to a battle, and Chu Mu used his Blade War Puppet to kill Luo Hao and the Ba Dao Alliance cultivators pursuing them before rescuing the sisters.
• Chu Mu learned that Xie Yu’s Nine Heavens Profound Gold had drawn the Ba Dao Alliance’s attention, reunited him with the Zhao sisters, and escorted them toward Tyrant Province City.
• At the Ba Dao Alliance’s Millennial Celebration, Chu Mu endured Ba Dao Real Person’s blade intent and studied his seven-day Dharma Exposition, while Xu Changqing later arranged for Chu Mu to receive the Nine Heavens Profound Gold.
• Chu Mu watched the auction sell the Azure Lotus Core Flame to the Nine Heavens Sect, then received the Nine Heavens Profound Gold from Xu Changqing and used Wangcai to locate hidden Fourth Order War Puppets.
• Chu Mu realized the Chen Family had sealed Tyrant Province City with a formation, and Xu Changqing and Xu Lingtian discovered that twelve Blood Fiends War Puppets had emerged to strengthen it after killing tens of thousands of people.
• Chu Mu recognized that the Chen Family’s scheme used the war puppets he had repaired, while Qing Ling and Chen Jun’s projections failed to locate him and instead revealed Xu Changqing attacking the Assembly Hall.