Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan observed the lords gathering at the secret realm’s Pillar of Light Land, where treasures would be contested through arena battles, and shocked everyone by revealing himself as the Tian Yuan Lord. As the contests began, the Great Sun Lord defeated a rival’s guard to claim the Training Ground blueprint and challenged Mu Yuan, who entered the arena with Lu Six.

• Mu Yuan watched seventeen lords gather around the Pillar of Light and learned that each treasure would be decided by one-on-one arena battles governed by the secret realm’s rules.
• The lords agreed not to attack one another outside the arenas and introduced themselves, including Yu Siyu of Mist Rain Territory and Liu Cheng of Giant Stone Territory.
• Mu Yuan identified himself as the newcomer Tian Yuan, startling the gathered lords and the Great Sun Lord.
• The pillar’s final rune vanished, the treasures were revealed, and the lords began sending their generals into the arenas.
• The Great Sun Lord’s Rare Three-Star Marksman defeated a halberd guard while contesting the Training Ground blueprint, then challenged Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan accepted the contest and sent Lu Six into the arena.

Mu Yuan’s troops competed for treasures in the Pillar of Light Land, where Lu Liu and Blood Garment won dramatic arena battles against the Great Sun Lord and other challengers. Tian Yuan secured two Miracle Blueprints and three Nun Remnant Souls, while most of Mu Yuan’s other champions lost, leaving the new lord’s overall record at three victories and five defeats.

• Lu Liu endured the Sharpshooter’s explosive arrows, then charged through the flames and defeated him and two more challengers to win the Training Ground blueprint.
• Mu Yuan sent Blood Garment to face a peak Professional Grade Wolf Cavalry, and she cut the rider down after several dozen exchanges.
• The Great Sun Lord entered the arena in his golden-flame form, but Blood Garment trapped him in Sin Eye Prison and left him unconscious.
• Blood Garment defeated three more challengers without using Sin Eye Prison, while nearby Old Lords dismissed the Great Sun Lord as weak.
• Mu Yuan obtained the Cultivation Quiet Room blueprint and three Nun Remnant Souls, while Bone Two, Bone Four, Seventeen, Rakshasa, and A Xun lost their matches and Bone Three won.
• New lords noted that Mu Yuan’s forces had won three of eight battles, then realized that Tian Yuan was still a newcomer.

Mu Yuan sent Duo Lai to compete for the Secret Realm Key, and she defeated challengers with fire, lightning, and wind magic, leaving the Old Lords wary of her hidden strength. Duo Lai secured the key while the other lords fought fiercely over the Proof of Hero, and Mu Yuan watched from the sidelines.

• Mu Yuan sent Duo Lai into the arena to compete for the Secret Realm Key while the Old Lords were distracted by the Rare Three-Star Remnant Souls.
• Duo Lai defeated several Professional Grade and Elite Grade challengers with repeated fireball barrages, prompting the lords to reconsider attacking her.
• The lord of Transformation Water Territory sent his Dire Wolf Warrior, which used Energy Armor and concealed weapons against Duo Lai.
• Duo Lai revealed lightning and wind magic, overwhelmed the Dire Wolf Warrior, and made the Transformation Water Territory Lord abandon his challenge.
• Duo Lai defeated two more Elite Grade challengers, then obtained the Secret Realm Key as the competition for the Proof of Hero drew most lords' attention.
• Young Liu Cheng's giant was defeated in the fierce contest for the Proof of Hero while Mu Yuan watched from a distance.

Deathbone secretly entered the arena as a mysterious hero and defeated Wang Tian Territory’s undefeated ogre, claiming the Proof of Hero while Mu Yuan avoided revealing his role. After returning to Tian Yuan, Mu Yuan ordered materials for new buildings, while the Great Sun Lord, shaken by Tian Yuan’s strength, pinned his hopes on the upcoming Heroic Festival.

• The lords watched the Wang Tian Territory ogre win seven battles and expected it to claim the Proof of Hero.
• Deathbone entered the arena in disguise, transformed into a towering black-armored giant, and defeated the ogre.
• Deathbone collected the Proof of Hero and left the secret realm, while Mu Yuan returned to Tian Yuan without revealing that Deathbone was his general.
• Mu Yuan ordered materials for the Training Field and Cultivation Quiet Room, and his generals went off to rest, patrol, or cultivate.
• The Great Sun Lord lamented that he could not catch up to Tian Yuan and decided the Heroic Festival was his remaining chance.

Mu Yuan completed the Cultivation Quiet Room and Training Field, then tried practicing Duo Lai’s abilities in the new facility. His attempt to combine wind and fire exploded, leaving him sprawled and smoking on the scorched floor.

• Mu Yuan collected his ordered goods and bought another batch of Remnant Souls.
• Lu Liu and the workers helped build the Cultivation Quiet Room and Training Field, completing both quickly.
• Mu Yuan inspected the Cultivation Quiet Room and considered how its cultivation buffs could improve troop training.
• Mu Yuan entered the Training Field in Duo Lai Mode and practiced using gravity, wind, and fire.
• Mu Yuan fused wind and fire into a flaming tornado that exploded and left him lying on the scorched ground.

After recovering from his injuries, Mu Yuan explored the Black Wasteland, a secret realm that continuously produced Soul Sand. He organized his troops to harvest it while Doraemon remained behind to study, leaving the newly discovered resource ready to be exploited.

• Mu Yuan used three Nuns and a Priest to heal most of the damage from his failed skill experiment, then inspected his territory.
• Mu Yuan entered the Black Wasteland and learned that its monsters respawned and yielded Soul Sand when killed.
• Mu Yuan blasted dozens of Fallen Ones and confirmed that the secret realm was a small, renewable Soul Sand resource source.
• Bone Four, Lu Six, Rakshasa, and Falcon Two volunteered to lead troops in harvesting Soul Sand, while Mu Yuan refused Doraemon’s request to join them.
• Doraemon struggled through her assigned books and collapsed onto the study desk.

Duo Lai began the Dragon Slaying Battle trial alone, where she had to grow strong enough to kill the Lava Dragon before it attacked the human city. After spending her starting gold on food and defeating two elite giant wolves, she devoured them and the remaining coins to reach the elite realm.

• Mu Yuan activated the Proof of Hero, sending Duo Lai into the trial while he watched as a spectator with only three chances to give hints.
• Duo Lai found herself alone outside the human city after the trial’s first army was wiped out by the Lava Dragon, and she entered the city to explore.
• Duo Lai spent her starting gold on food, then left the city to hunt wild monsters rather than challenge the Lava Dragon.
• Duo Lai defeated two elite giant wolves with fire, lightning, and wind, gaining gold and enough energy to reach Professional Rank Great Perfection.
• Duo Lai devoured the giant wolves and the gold coins, converting them into trial energy until she reached the elite realm.

Duo Lai rampaged through the Trial Mystic Realm, devouring monsters and growing powerful enough to defeat the Lava Dragon without hiring a hero assistant. He earned a perfect rating and left the trial before he could eat the Lava Dragon.

• Duo Lai defeated an elite Gargoyle, then gained several levels by consuming it and gold coins.
• Duo Lai battled and devoured dozens of increasingly powerful wild monsters while exploring the forest.
• Duo Lai found Regel and three other hero projections but refused to spend gold to hire an assistant.
• Duo Lai devastated the canyon with a fiery attack, then summoned a storm of thunder that killed the Lava Dragon in 16.3 seconds.
• Duo Lai received a perfect trial rating, and Mu Yuan was offered the chance to retain his hero projection.
• Duo Lai shouted that he had not eaten the Lava Dragon before the trial space expelled him.

Duo Lai became a hero, gaining the Overlimit Devour skill, a support talent, and a shape-shifting badge. Mu Yuan reviewed hero recruitment information and resolved to strengthen Tian Yuan Territory, which still lacked a requirement for its next upgrade.

• Duo Lai emerged from its cocoon as a hero, and Mu Yuan examined its Overlimit Devour skill and Enjoy Deliciousness talent.
• Duo Lai received the Ever-changing Badge and entertained its companions by showing off its forms and boasting about its battle with the Lava Dragon.
• Mu Yuan assigned troops to Deathbone for battle and Duo Lai for support, while recognizing that Tian Yuan Territory remained too weak to explore the Underground Ancient City safely.
• Mu Yuan browsed forum discussions about Hero Trials and the upcoming Heroic Festival, then reviewed official information on potential heroes.
• Mu Yuan concluded that stronger territory development mattered more than preparing for the Heroic Festival, but Tian Yuan Territory still lacked a condition for upgrading.

Mu Yuan sent the Duo Lai Squad into the wilderness with a Guidance Compass to find special buildings that could help his territory grow. After discovering two buildings, Rākshasa absorbed the Evil Pit’s energy and began a mutation evolution, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Mu Yuan reviewed Tian Yuan Territory’s upgrade requirements and activated the Guidance Compass to search for more residents and special buildings.
• The Spider Woman Tribe’s leader obeyed the Snake God’s command to conquer nearby tribes and find a Fated Territory.
• Duo Lai led A-Sun, Red Dress, Rākshasa, and supporting wraiths into the wilderness, where they discovered and visited a Bountiful Statue that granted a month-long crop-growth buff.
• The squad found an Evil Pit more than a hundred kilometers from the territory, and Rākshasa sank into it despite Mu Yuan’s concern.
• Rākshasa absorbed the pit’s evil energy, reached Tier One, Level 6, awakened Evil Condensation, and began a mutation evolution.

Rakshasa absorbed the Evil Pit’s power and evolved into a powerful Evil Ghost General, then helped Duo Lai’s group reach the Hero Arena. Mu Yuan entered the arena and discovered that it could help heroes break through their skill limits, while messages revealed that other lords had already reached advanced combat realms.

• Mu Yuan used Hand of Evolution to help Rakshasa survive the Evil Pit’s power, transforming him into an Evil Ghost General with the Evil Body talent.
• Rakshasa tested his new abilities, moving as reddish-brown smoke and forming destructive weapons from Evil Power.
• Duo Lai’s group crossed Giant Wood Forest, where Rakshasa rescued A-Xun from a Blood Vine Tree and later killed five ambushing minotaur warriors.
• The group discovered the Hero Arena, a special building where heroes and lords could train their combat skills and energy control.
• Mu Yuan entered the arena with his consciousness and learned it could help heroes break through their skill limits, then saw notices that a hero had reached Gun Intent and King Hegemon Lord had reached Blade Intent.

Mu Yuan entered the Hero Arena to improve his combat ability, repeatedly enduring painful deaths as he fought through its stages. After defeating the third-stage Ox Commander, he advanced to the fourth stage and earned extra arena time, while Duo Lai and the Undead Bone General also continued their training.

• Mu Yuan entered the Hero Arena using the Rakshasa Template and killed the first stage's giant wolves despite his discomfort with combat and blood.
• Mu Yuan fought the second stage's Goblin Warriors, died to a Shadow Assassin, and eventually cleared the stage after several attempts.
• Mu Yuan repeatedly challenged the third-stage Ox Commander and finally defeated it with his spear, earning a higher Training Buff and two extra hours.
• Duo Lai was sent flying and turned back into Duo Lai-chan, lamenting that winning brought no feast while losing brought pain.
• The Undead Bone General returned to the territory and entered the Hero Arena through its consciousness.

Deathbone reached the Hero Arena’s sixth trial and awakened a powerful, defensive form of Sword Intent after Dawnlight Sword pushed it to its limits. Meanwhile, Great Sun Lord celebrated reaching the fourth trial, only to see announcements showing that Deathbone and Tian Yuan Lord had comprehended multiple Intents.

• Deathbone advanced through the Hero Arena trials while searching for an Intent suited to protecting its expedition corps and territory.
• Duo Lai comprehended Fire Intent during training, improving its spell power and control over energy.
• Dawnlight Sword pressured Deathbone in the sixth trial until it opened the gate of Intent and rapidly advanced beyond the initial stage.
• Deathbone unleashed an unadorned Sword Intent that carved away the earth ahead while leaving everything behind it untouched, astonishing Dawnlight Sword.
• Great Sun Lord exited the arena after reaching the fourth trial and congratulated himself on outperforming King Hegemon Lord and Tian Yuan Lord.
• Great Sun Lord saw announcements that Deathbone had mastered its Intent and Tian Yuan Lord had entered Thunder Intent and Spear Intent.

After Mu Yuan trained in the Hero Arena and drew attention for entering the Intent Realm, he led Tian Yuan Territory through its upgrade to Level Two. The territory expanded and gained new bonuses as its troops leveled up, while thirty troops successfully broke through to Professional Grade.

• Mu Yuan reached the Fifth Level of the Hero Arena using Duo Lai Mode and practiced Rakshasa Mode, gaining insight into Thunder Intent and reflecting on Deathbone's unusual XX Intent.
• Duo Lai tried to comprehend an Eating Intent after hearing about Intent, but his Hero Arena time had run out; the Dawnlight Sword waited in vain for the Undead Bone General.
• Lords discussed Mu Yuan's arena record and Intent, then shifted to arguing over the strongest veteran Lord.
• After ten days of fighting and gathering resources, Mu Yuan bought another Guiding Beacon blueprint, placed three beacons, and prepared Tian Yuan Territory for its upgrade.
• Mu Yuan upgraded Tian Yuan Territory to Level Two, unlocking Arrow Tower and Warehouse blueprints, a Guiding Beacon blueprint, and territory bonuses to training speed and breakthrough rate.
• The upgrade's light raised troop levels, and all thirty troops in the Breakthrough Dojo successfully advanced to Professional Grade.

Mu Yuan’s forces fought off an Elite Grade Shadow Hunter who had infiltrated the newly expanded Tian Yuan Territory. After General Duo Lai and Deathbone broke through to Elite Grade, Deathbone created a domain with its Withered Bone Land skill.

• Mu Yuan sent his troops to clear monsters from the expanded territory while Deathbone and General Duo Lai began their Elite Grade breakthroughs.
• The Shadow Hunter killed two Skeleton Warriors, but General Rakshasa and other defenders intercepted him and drove him into a fatal fight.
• General Duo Lai broke through to Elite Grade and quickly mastered Energy Armor.
• Deathbone broke through to Elite Grade and created a domain that swallowed the surrounding landscape.

Mu Yuan learned more about Deathbone’s newly formed Withered Bone Domain and investigated the underground threat while preparing Tian Yuan Territory’s forces for war. Deathbone and Rakshasa discovered that the rapidly expanding Spider Woman Tribe had absorbed nearby tribes, and Mu Yuan assembled his troops for a major campaign.

• Deathbone created the Withered Bone Domain, and Mu Yuan studied information about domains while reflecting on how much Deathbone still had to learn.
• After monster activity increased, Mu Yuan restarted underground exploration, sending Deathbone and Rakshasa to scout while his troops swept the surface and General Duo Lai stayed ready to protect them.
• Deathbone and Rakshasa discovered that the Spider Woman Tribe had conquered nearby tribes and was expanding, leading Mu Yuan to plan further preparations before attacking.
• Mu Yuan reviewed Tian Yuan Territory’s forces, including 120 Skeleton Warlords, 30 wraiths, elite undead, and Seventeen’s archer squad, as he prepared for the coming war.

Mu Yuan evolved Treant Grandmother into a War Treant, which gained powerful growth and absorption abilities as well as the Myriad Wood Tree World skill. When Tian Yuan Territory’s army entered the underground forest, Mu Yuan revealed the War Treant to counter the Monster Tribe’s ambush, and it began turning the battlefield into a deadly forest.

• Mu Yuan reviewed his troop branches and built up his falcon reconnaissance corps by purchasing more than a hundred Falcon Remnant Souls.
• Mu Yuan evolved Treant Grandmother into a War Treant, which gained the Root Spirit Absorption talent, Myriad Wood Growth skill, and Myriad Wood Tree World skill.
• Mu Yuan accompanied Tian Yuan Territory’s army into the underground city and chose a route through a secluded forest that was suitable for an ambush.
• The Monster Tribe’s Cave Dwellers, Cave Spiders, Gnolls, Lizard People, Barbarian Bull Warriors, and Dark Night Hunters attacked the army from all sides.
• Mu Yuan summoned Treant Grandmother, which rooted itself, absorbed the surrounding earth and plants, and unleashed roots that bound and strangled the monsters.

Mu Yuan’s forces fought through repeated ambushes and reached the ruined underground city, where the Spider Woman Great Chieftain prepared to destroy them with overwhelming numbers. The Undead’s resurrection and a vast wave of reinforcements turned the battle into an apparently endless assault, leaving the city engulfed in black mist.

• The Treant Grandmother devastated the Secluded Silent Forest, annihilating most of the ambushers before collapsing from the damage and draining the area’s vitality.
• Mu Yuan’s troops continued toward the underground city, enduring several explosive ambushes, while he restored the battered Skeleton Warlord and Dolei equipped it with new armor.
• The Spider Woman Great Chieftain heard reports of the enemy’s strength, sent recruited tribes into battle as a vanguard, and ordered an attack near the ancient city.
• Bone Three led the Undead troops into the city, where Mu Yuan’s forces fought through enormous monster numbers and suffered casualties.
• The Spider Woman Great Chieftain realized the skeletons kept returning, then black mist spread across the city as thousands of Undead poured forth and the fallen rose again.

Mu Yuan and Tian Yuan Territory’s generals fought off the Monster Tribe’s forces as Great Serpent descended to turn the battle in their favor. Deathbone’s domain instead let the defenders slaughter their enemies while Great Serpent remained unable to reach the battlefield.

• Mu Yuan and Deathbone used sixteen soul crystals to summon a powerful Death Legion, while Rakshasa and Red Dress killed elite monsters attacking the defenders.
• General Duo Lai burned hundreds of monsters, then faced a group of elite enemies led by the Minotaur Chieftain.
• Mu Yuan killed a Spider Woman that ambushed him, destroying her poison attack with lightning before retreating into Treant Grandmother’s tree realm.
• A colossal serpent totem began reviving, and the Spider Woman Great Chieftain and other monsters rejoiced as Great Serpent descended toward the battlefield.
• Deathbone spread an invisible domain that let it cut down tribal experts, while Great Serpent seemed unable to close the distance and the surviving monsters feared its arrival had been for nothing.

Deathbone and the undead forces defeated the Great Serpent by destroying its totem anchor and striking while its body weakened. After the battle, Mu Yuan collected the spoils and received several rewards from the gift sphere.

• Deathbone used his domain to hold off the Great Serpent while the undead forces killed the other tribal leaders and elite monsters.
• Mu Yuan sent Dolae to bombard the Giant Tree Totem anchoring the Great Serpent’s descent, forcing the serpent to shrink.
• Deathbone unleashed a combined attack that shattered the Great Serpent’s body and killed its descent projection, purifying the Blood Totem.
• The battle ended after the remaining monsters fled or were defeated, and Dolae gathered Soul Sand, Remnant Souls, and equipment for Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan opened the gift sphere and received 10 Soul Crystals, the Guiding Beacon and Breakthrough Dojo miracle blueprints, and a Spell Furnace.