Chapter Summaries

The organized Ghost Tide devastated the Human Alliance after the Thunderstorm campaign, destroying bases and severing the overland network. By December of Blood Moon Year Two, nearly half the Alliance’s order had collapsed, leaving surviving bases isolated and under threat.

• The Human Alliance launched the six-month Thunderstorm operation, exterminating nearly a million ghosts and evil spirits and expanding its ranks of extraordinary individuals to nearly three hundred thousand.
• In early July, coordinated ghost tides surrounded and destroyed nine bases, including Tianguan, Canqi, and Yujing, without allowing any warning to reach central command.
• The Ghost Tide swept onward, destroying thirteen connected bases and then more than sixty bases during July.
• From August through December, organized Ghoul Armies overwhelmed Human Alliance defenses, severed overland routes, and turned fallen regions into expanding ghost domains.
• Nearly half of the Human Alliance’s order collapsed, leaving the surviving bases isolated amid the Ghost Tide.

Tian Shu Base learned that nine enormous Ghost Tides were converging on it, and its leaders concluded that the base could not stop them alone. Wang Yue and the other elders voted to awaken the True Person, then gathered at the long-sealed residence where he slept.

• A report revealed that thirteen Ghost Tides had recently reconnoitered Tian Shu Base and that nine larger Ghost Tides were advancing toward it.
• A Demon Suppression Guard commander estimated that the nine Ghost Tides contained hundreds of millions of enemies and urged the Alliance to delay them while expanding its Transcendent forces.
• A middle-aged official proposed asking the True Person to leave seclusion, prompting the hall to look to Wang Yue for a decision.
• Wang Yue consulted the other elders, and they voted to awaken the True Person because the crisis could not be decided without him.
• Wang Yue led the gathered officials to the True Person’s sealed residence, where the courtyard gate opened.

After nearly two years in self-seclusion, Chu Mu awakened and learned that the Ghost Tide had devastated the Human Alliance. He ordered the alliance to expand its will-based supernaturals before the Ghoul Armies reached Tian Shu, then revealed that he could no longer seal himself and would have to let his blood qi run dry.

• A jade talisman loosened the seal, and Chu Mu awakened as his blood qi returned to mist.
• Chu Mu sensed the vast network of Will to Divinity Adepts connected to his Divine Soul Giant Blade, but his body withered soon after he rose.
• Wang Yue reported that the Human Alliance had over 2.3 million supernaturals, more than six hundred bases had fallen, and the nine Ghoul Armies would reach Tian Shu Base in at least half a year.
• Chu Mu ordered Wang Yue to place thirty-five more Blade Contemplation Objects in the other large bases and focus on increasing the number of will-based supernaturals.
• Chu Mu walked through Tian Shu Base with Wang Yue, then told him on the city wall that he could no longer seal himself and would let his blood qi run dry.

Chu Mu realized that millions of Will to Divinity Adepts had gathered their faith in his Three Foot Blade, making him the true core of the power he had created. The chapter ended as he faced the possibility that this accumulated conviction would surge into him when he descended.

• Chu Mu watched Will to Divinity Adepts defend the Human Alliance’s base during the Ghost Tide.
• Chu Mu concluded that his Will to Divinity system had helped suppress Source Ghouls and purify the world’s taint.
• Chu Mu sensed millions of connections from the Adepts converging on him through their visualization of the Three Foot Blade.
• Chu Mu recognized that the Three Foot Blade in his Sea of Consciousness was the true core behind their faith and conviction.
• Chu Mu realized that the accumulated faith could overwhelm him when he descended, as it had once gathered upon the incarnate statues of Immortal Gods.

Chu Mu realized that his efforts to cleanse the Source Taint had focused only on humanity, while the Heavenly Evolution Sacred Beast had corrupted the entire spiritual world. Seeing the immense faith gathered in the dawn’s Will Totem, he considered merging with that power to change the world itself.

• Chu Mu examined the dawn and Three Foot Blade formed from the faith of millions of Will transcendent beings and recognized that his body could not withstand their power.
• Chu Mu concluded that the Source Taint’s purpose was to sink the whole spiritual world into darkness, not merely threaten him or humanity.
• Chu Mu understood that even if humanity eliminated every ghostly fiend and evil specter, the blood moon’s corruption of the rest of the world would remain.
• Chu Mu sensed that he could command the power gathered in the Will Totem, but that unleashing it would bring annihilation after a moment of brilliance.
• Chu Mu considered combining his own power with the dawn’s growing strength to change heaven and earth, as the Heavenly Evolution Sacred Beast had done.

Chu Mu ordered the Human Alliance to distribute Will Totems across its bases as the nine Ghoul Armies rushed toward Tian Shu Base. As his power overwhelmed his failing body, he realized that humanity needed a vessel to spread that power through the world and began considering how making the sun and moon alternate might break the Blood Moon’s tainted rules.

• Chu Mu ordered Wang Yue to place visualization totems in the thirty-six large bases and expand transcendence efforts to the medium and small bases.
• Wang Yue reported that he had found no sign of Wangcai, and Chu Mu told him to prioritize transcendence instead.
• Demon Suppression Guard generals reported that all nine Ghoul Armies had stopped attacking bases and were accelerating toward Tian Shu Base.
• Chu Mu told Wang Yue to carry out the arrangements quickly, while sensing that his body could not withstand his rapidly growing power.
• Chu Mu reasoned that a vessel must let humanity’s power nourish the world, then recalled how the sun and darkness had broken the Desert Sea Prison’s rules and considered restoring the alternation of sun and moon.

Chu Mu realized that accepting the faith gathered in his Will Totem could turn him into a god with no will beyond eradicating evil, while refusing it threatened his plan to transform the world. As the nine Ghoul Armies converged on Tian Shu Base and sea monsters began stirring, the Human Alliance faced attacks from land and sea.

• Chu Mu sensed that the faith invested in his Blade Intent could overwhelm his frail body and replace his own thoughts with the mission desired by all living beings.
• Chu Mu considered the consequences of accepting the faith or using it to create a blazing sun that could change the Blood Moon world.
• Chu Mu went to the Human Alliance conference room and learned that the nine Ghoul Armies had abandoned their scattered targets and were converging on Tian Shu Base.
• The Human Alliance reported that the southwest Ghoul Army could reach Tian Shu Base within a month, with the other eight expected within a month and a half.
• The Human Alliance learned that sea monsters had attacked Deep Harbor and Pearl Base, and that their movements could lead to a tide comparable to the Ghost Tide.

Chu Mu realized that the Ghost Tide may have been engineered to force him to use the faith of all living beings and bind himself permanently to the blood moon world. The chapter left him exhausted and convinced that his own plans had become a trap designed to prevent him from reaching another cycle.

• Chu Mu reviewed the ghoul attacks and saw that the disciplined Ghost Tide had redirected itself toward Tian Shu Base after his awakening.
• Chu Mu weighed the danger of using the faith of all living beings against the threat of the ghouls, recognizing that the power could overwhelm his will.
• Chu Mu questioned why the Ghost Tide had waited instead of attacking Tian Shu Base earlier, despite the Will Totem and Chu Mu being there.
• Chu Mu concluded that the Behind-the-Scenes Existence had sent the Ghost Tide to awaken him and force him to borrow faith, keeping him alive and trapped in this cycle.
• Chu Mu realized that the glimmer of dawn and the divine position he had cultivated might have served the enemy's plan, leaving him convinced he had trapped himself in his own cocoon.

Chu Mu discovered that Spirit Radiance could shield his true spirit from the corrupting influence of all living beings' faith. He began forming a plan to wield that power without losing himself.

• Chu Mu dismissed Wang Yue's question and returned to the Will Totem.
• Chu Mu examined a thread of faith and realized its impurity came from the obsessions of millions of extraordinary beings.
• Chu Mu merged the thread of faith with the Divine Soul Giant Blade, which expanded his Sea of Consciousness and filled his body with illusory vitality.
• As the gathered faith threatened to overwhelm his mind, Chu Mu invoked Spirit Radiance and rekindled his wavering mental defenses.
• Chu Mu concluded that Spirit Radiance could preserve his self-awareness while he used the faith's power, and began outlining a plan while considering the blessing's limits.

As the nine Ghoul Armies converged on Tian Shu Base, the Human Alliance abandoned its controlled approach to the Dawn Plan and rapidly turned adults across its territory into will transcendents. The growing community of believers gathered immense power around Chu Mu, whose body could not bear the hopes and mission placed upon him.

• At the beginning of the third Blood Moon year, the nine Ghoul Armies converged on Tian Shu Base while the Human Alliance's bases restored order.
• The Human Alliance shifted all its resources toward an intensified Dawn Plan instead of preparing to fight the ghouls.
• The Human Alliance distributed Will Totems throughout its territory and let any adult register to become a will transcendent.
• Under the new policy, tens of thousands of will transcendents emerged each day, most of them unqualified by the Alliance's standards.
• Chu Mu sensed the belief gathered by the expanding community of believers growing more powerful, while his frail body struggled to bear the hopes placed upon him.

Nine Ghoul Armies surrounded Tian Shu Base with connected Ghoul Domains, cutting it off from the Human Alliance and spreading despair across its thousands of bases. On April 1, a livestream showed the armies and countless ghouls advancing toward the silent base as humanity waited for judgment.

• The Yamata Ghoul Army arrived near Tian Shu Base in mid-February, formed a Ghoul Domain, and stopped without attacking.
• The Desert Giant Python Ghoul Army and the other seven armies arrived over the following month, linking their Ghoul Domains to encircle Tian Shu Base.
• The Human Alliance publicly revealed the encirclement, while the Domains isolated Tian Shu Base and ghostly aura began corroding the city and undermining its order.
• On April 1, alarms interrupted broadcasts across the Human Alliance’s bases and left a livestream of Tian Shu Base surrounded by the nine armies.
• Countless ghouls emerged from the Domains and advanced toward Tian Shu Base as evil-suppressing soldiers stood guard on its walls and the base showed no response.

Chu Mu drew upon the faith gathered in the Human Alliance’s Will Totems to confront the giant leading the Ghoul Army, severing its scepter and bringing it down before the world. He resisted the faith’s power and retained his Original Self, leaving Yamata no Orochi questioning how he had done so.

• The giant exposed Tian Shu Base beneath the Blood Moon and demanded that humanity submit to the Esteemed Lord.
• Chu Mu appeared on a stairway formed from the glowing Will Totems and rejected the giant’s claim that he could not control the power of faith.
• Will Totems across the Human Alliance sent their gathered faith into Chu Mu, rejuvenating him and transforming his Three Foot Blade.
• Chu Mu’s blade severed the giant’s raised scepter and struck the giant down, giving humanity proof that the darkness could be resisted.
• As faith gathered around Chu Mu again, he lowered his blade without attacking the ghouls and showed that he had retained his Original Self.
• Yamata no Orochi asked why Chu Mu had preserved his mind beneath the power of all living beings’ faith.

As the faith of the Human Alliance rebuilt Chu Mu into a divine body and threatened to overwhelm his remaining humanity, he realized he needed to guide believers’ hopes rather than resist them. Wang Yue began the Blazing Sun Plan, announcing that Chu Mu would become a blazing sun to reverse the Blood Moon’s darkness.

• Chu Mu’s decayed body was annihilated and reconstructed from the faith of all living beings, leaving his true spirit barely protected by Spiritual Radiance.
• Chu Mu realized that the believers’ faith shared a unified hope to end the world’s corruption, but its expected method of fighting ghouls conflicted with his plan to target the Blood Moon.
• Chu Mu decided that changing how people imagined his mission could guide their faith and reduce its backlash.
• Chu Mu met Wang Yue’s gaze from above the city wall, and Wang Yue ordered the Human Alliance to activate the Blazing Sun Plan.
• The Human Alliance shifted its worldwide broadcast to Wang Yue, who prepared to tell people that Chu Mu would burn himself into a blazing sun to reverse the Blood Moon’s darkness.

Chu Mu sacrificed his mortal existence and transformed the faith of all living beings into a great sun that erased the Blood Moon’s ghouls and began cleansing the world. Within the sun’s core, he realized that the Great Sun God was bound by the people’s wishes and was fighting the Source Taint for control of the world itself.

• Chu Mu redirected the faith of all living beings from a blade-wielding god toward a blazing sun and ascended into the sky as a ball of light.
• The ball of light became a great sun, whose radiance erased the Blood Moon’s stain and dissolved the ghouls across the world, though the Ghoul Domains remained locked against it.
• Wang Yue saw that Chu Mu had vanished and ordered preparations, saying the Blazing Sun Plan had succeeded and the rest depended on them.
• Chu Mu reappeared within the sun’s core and recognized that his protected true spirit could influence the Great Sun God’s power without fully merging with it.
• Chu Mu sensed silver radiance growing within the world’s chaotic core as it consumed the scarlet Source Taint, and understood that the struggle was for control of the world itself.

The blazing sun reversed humanity’s fortunes, and the Human Alliance declared the start of the Rising Sun Era as it launched campaigns against ghouls and evils. In the chaos beyond the human world, Chu Mu continued to redirect the Great Sun God’s power against the Blood Moon, hoping to hold on for a hundred years while the two gods’ conflict remained unresolved.

• The Human Alliance declared that the Blood Moon Era had ended and renamed its first year the Rising Sun Calendar.
• The Human Alliance expanded the Dawn Plan and used its forces and recovered technology to destroy several Ghoul Domains and reclaim much of the territory humanity had once occupied.
• As years passed in the human world, Chu Mu struggled to control the Great Sun God’s power, withstand its backlash, and keep his consciousness from being obscured.
• Chu Mu murmured that he needed to hold on for at most a hundred years while the Great Sun God’s power continued suppressing the Blood Moon.
• The Sun Righteous God and Moon Evil God sat in their divine courts as the Human Alliance and the ghouls and evils continued their campaigns.

By the thirty-sixth year of the Rising Sun Calendar, the ghouls launched an unprecedented invasion, but Chu Mu believed their defeat was inevitable as he neared control of the world's authority. His search still revealed no trace of Wangcai, and he waited for the remaining authority to expose the truth and let him erase the Blood Moon's taint.

• The Human Alliance unified the continent, and Wang Yue died after nearly twenty years as Grand Elder; a divine decree named the second-generation Grand Elder and introduced a prayer method that transformed the Alliance into a divine order.
• In the thirty-sixth year of the Rising Sun Calendar, more than seventy percent of the Ghost Seas erupted, sending vast Ghoul Armies across the oceans to attack the Human Alliance.
• Chu Mu reflected that his Great Sun had nearly overcome the Blood Moon's taint, while the Blood Moon God launched a final counterattack despite its likely defeat.
• Chu Mu used Time Reversal and the World Authority to search for Wangcai but found no evidence that it had ever existed in this world.
• As battles spread across the continent, Chu Mu decided to wait for the remaining World Authority, then erase the ghouls and purify the Blood Moon's taint.

Chu Mu destroyed the Blood Moon God and united the World Authority, then used the god’s power to erase the supernatural world and restore the mundane world. He ultimately extinguished the Great Sun God and vanished from the spiritual world.

• The Great Sun God destroyed the Blood Moon Divine Court, revealing the Blood Moon God’s form as nearly identical to Chu Mu’s before crushing it and claiming the final fragment of the World Authority.
• The blood moon shattered, and the Great Sun God’s power purged ghouls, evils, and corruption while the world’s people’s faith in him surged.
• Chu Mu confirmed that Wangcai had never existed in this world, then fused his Original Self with the god and resisted the divinity trying to absorb him.
• Chu Mu took control of the divine power and erased the world’s supernatural history, replacing it with memories of a conventional world recovering from a world war.
• The Great Sun Divine Court collapsed, and the god born from humanity’s faith dispersed into silver light as Chu Mu walked out of the land of chaos and vanished.

A long-lived dog watched the boy who had raised it grow up, lose his father, and build a life in Nanshan Town, while it searched in vain for the familiar person who had once brought it into the Cultivation World. After the old man died, the dog also passed away, still wondering where that person was.

• A Patrol Inspectorate officer left his young son, Mu'er, money, and Mu'er took the puppy Wangcai to play with Xiao Yuan.
• The Imperial Court ordered Qinghe County to conscript a thousand laborers, and Mu'er's father joined the exhausting effort to enforce the quotas.
• A messenger brought news that the laborers and nearly a hundred escorting Patrol Inspectorate officers had died, and Mu'er collapsed before burying his father.
• Mu'er inherited his father's Patrol Inspectorate position, grew into a Squad Leader, and built the Chu Estate as Wangcai grew old beside him.
• As the old man died surrounded by his family, Wangcai wondered where the person who had once led it into the Cultivation World had gone, then closed its eyes and died.

Wangcai relived another reincarnation cycle, hoping the carefree youth was its true master, but the youth did not recognize it. After the youth became a patrol inspector and died during the mountain campaign, the world shattered and restarted, leaving Wangcai beneath the eaves again.

• Wangcai watched the youth grieve his father's death and brought him the patrol inspector's saber, but the youth remained sorrowful and unaware of Wangcai.
• The youth inherited his father's post as patrol inspector and was summoned with hundreds of others to fight rebels in the mountains.
• The patrol inspectors were ambushed in the forest, and Wangcai knocked the youth away from a fatal attack before being struck down itself.
• A black-clad fighter killed the youth, causing the world to shatter and return to the peaceful beginning of the cycle.

After Dog Cub led the boy to a Martial Arts manual, the boy discovered he could learn, correct, and practice its techniques with uncanny ease. He ended the chapter exhausted but exhilarated after mastering the basics, preparing medicine, and wielding his father's saber.

• Dog Cub brought the boy a Martial Arts manual and led him to bloodstains outside town, where he hurriedly took the booklet home.
• The boy spent a fortune learning to read and began studying Martial Arts at Mingxin Pavilion, but within days he found himself absorbing lessons and medical knowledge effortlessly.
• The boy spotted errors in the Body Forging Art, corrected them, and discovered that his writing formed profound saber techniques.
• The boy quickly completed the cultivation art's initial training and prepared packets of Essence Qi Powder with ease.
• The boy drew his father's saber and performed a powerful sequence until exhaustion dropped him to the ground, while Dog Cub celebrated beside him.