Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun discussed their feelings for Lin Mu and the possibility of sharing his affection, while Lin Mu and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer. The next morning, Lin Mu visited Yun Shan, who asked about his plan to establish a force in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yi Xian to stay by Lin Mu's side because she could not accompany him, and Xiao Yi Xian said she intended to remain with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Lin Mu not to flirt with everyone, then kissed him and spent the night with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke to breakfast and found Lin Mu practicing a newly learned array before she left to guide the Poison Sect's people around the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Mu visited Yun Shan, who thanked him for bringing Yun Yun back safely and asked whether he planned to establish a force in the Jia Ma Empire.

Lin Mu chose the Misty Cloud Sect as the base for a faction he intended to build to fight demonic creatures, naming it the Heavenly Court. Three days after summoning Jia Ma Empire’s influential figures, he awaited their arrival at a dojo outside the sect.

• Yun Shan suggested that Lin Mu establish his faction at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Lin Mu considered the location suitable for his plans.
• Lin Mu visited the Alchemist Guild and ordered Fama to summon Jia Ma Empire’s influential figures to the Misty Cloud Sect in three days.
• Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian that his faction’s purpose would be to slay demonic creatures and recruit powerful experts in Middle Continent.
• At Xiao Yi Xian’s suggestion, Lin Mu named the faction the Heavenly Court and vowed to make its name resound throughout the Great Thousand Worlds.
• Fama arrived at the dojo Lin Mu had carved outside the Misty Cloud Sect, and Jia Xing Tian led several figures there to meet him.

Lin Mu established the Heavenly Court as an independent faction in the Jia Ma Empire and recruited many of the gathered powers, while Jia Xing Tian remained opposed. After setting rules for its members, Lin Mu said he would travel to the Cloud Empire to bring someone who had once helped him to retire in peace.

• Lin Mu told the gathered leaders he intended to establish a faction and would not force anyone to join.
• Gu He joined because Lin Mu had saved his life, and Fama announced that the Alchemist Guild would join as well.
• Lin Mu named the faction the Heavenly Court and said the Misty Cloud Sect would remain its ally unless Yun Yun chose to join.
• After the gathering, most attendees joined the Heavenly Court, leaving Jia Xing Tian as the only holdout.
• Lin Mu set rules against members bullying ordinary people and said the Heavenly Court would punish anyone who provoked it.
• Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun he would travel to the Cloud Empire to bring someone who had helped him to retire in peace.

Lin Mu recruited Venerable Huang Lei to Heavenly Court, then prepared to cultivate with the Merit Golden Flame Fire Seed in Lightning Swamp. He left Xiao Yi Xian in charge of the new faction as he began a long seclusion to strengthen himself before going to Middle Continent.

• Lin Mu persuaded Venerable Huang Lei to join Heavenly Court by promising him wine and a place to retire.
• A month later, Heavenly Court had taken shape under Xiao Yi Xian's management, and Lin Mu received the Merit Golden Flame Fire Seed for completing a mission.
• Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to enter seclusion to grow stronger before traveling to Middle Continent, and she agreed to manage Heavenly Court.
• Lin Mu went to Lightning Swamp and used the Heavenly Thunder Scripture to gather lightning as he began cultivating with the Merit Golden Flame Fire Seed and opened a second Small World.
• Xiao Yi Xian took charge of Heavenly Court while Lin Mu remained in seclusion.

After half a year of seclusion, Lin Mu reached nine-star Dou Emperor and used his full power to open a second Small World, then began absorbing the Merit Golden Flame. Heavenly Court continued to grow as Xiao Yi Xian prepared to deal with factions provoking it.

• Lin Mu broke through to nine-star Dou Emperor and began gathering power to open a second Small World.
• At Heavenly Court, Xiao Yi Xian told Yun Yun that Lin Mu's seclusion would continue and resolved to crush the factions provoking them.
• Lin Mu condensed his methods into a single sword strike that damaged his origin but finally opened his second Small World.
• Lin Mu summoned the Merit Golden Flame and began absorbing it, enduring severe pain as the Six Paths Samsara Method and his sacred body kept him alive.

While Heavenly Court prospered under Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Mu broke through to Dou Zong in seclusion and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire. At the Three-Year Pact gathering, an unexpected figure arrived before Nalan Yanran’s match with Xiao Yan.

• Heavenly Court became the Jia Ma Empire’s strongest force, with Xiao Yi Xian leading it and its enforcement team protecting the common people.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun discussed Nalan Yanran’s upcoming Three-Year Pact with Xiao Yan, which Yun Yun had arranged for important figures to watch.
• Lin Mu reached Dou Zong in the Lightning Swamp, wielded the Merit Golden Flame, opened his second Small World, and began merging the Azure Flame Sword and Lightning Bracelet into it.
• Jia Xing Tian, Nalan Jie, Fama, Hai Bodong, and Xiao Yi Xian gathered to watch Nalan Yanran face the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed someone approaching, and an unidentified figure appeared in the sky and joked that no one had invited him.

Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Court as a Dou Zong and watched Xiao Yan defeat Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Pact. When a Soul Hall expert appeared to seize Xiao Yan, he recognized Lin Mu as the one who had killed Wu Ying, leaving Lin Mu facing a new confrontation.

• Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Court, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and revealed that he had become a Dou Zong.
• Lin Mu and Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Yan fight Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan won with the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Yun Leng called for Xiao Yan to cooperate with an investigation, but Xiao Yan refused and continued to leave.
• A black figure from the Soul Hall appeared and demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the item he carried.
• The Soul Hall expert recognized Lin Mu as the one who had killed Wu Ying, and Lin Mu told him not to make trouble.

Lin Mu confronted Xuan Yin, a Nine-star Dou Ancestor from the Soul Hall, while Xiao Yan’s teacher Yao Lao awakened to protect him. Lin Mu revealed Nihility Devouring Flame and battled Xuan Yin, who unleashed his full strength as their fight continued.

• Xuan Yin attacked Xiao Yan, but Yao Lao emerged and used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to destroy the dark hand before warning Xiao Yan that Xuan Yin was a Nine-star Dou Ancestor.
• Xuan Yin created an equally powerful clone, and Lin Mu sent Xiao Yi Xian to protect the others with two Medicine Puppet Kings.
• Lin Mu confronted Xuan Yin and revealed Nihility Devouring Flame, which Yao Lao recognized as the Heavenly Flame ranked second.
• Xuan Yin attacked with a black sickle, but Lin Mu’s flame devoured some of its power and enveloped him.
• Xuan Yin unleashed his full strength with Black Sickle Shatters Heaven and swung at Nihility Devouring Flame.

Lin Mu used his flames, lightning, and Kunpeng Wings to overpower Xuan Yin in their battle. After Lin Mu struck Xuan Yin with the Kun Peng Method, he looked toward the place where Xuan Yin had been, leaving his opponent’s fate unclear.

• Lin Mu and Xuan Yin exchanged hundreds of attacks while Yun Yun maintained the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Array and Xiao Yi Xian helped reinforce it.
• Xiao Yan continued fighting Xuan Yin’s avatar, while Hai Bodong said he could not help him.
• Lin Mu unleashed Nihility Devouring Flame and shattered Xuan Yin’s Black Scythe, forcing him back.
• Lin Mu summoned the Heavenly Thunder Scripture and Kunpeng Wings, then evaded Xuan Yin’s dark meteor with an afterimage.
• Lin Mu attacked Xuan Yin from behind with the Kun Peng Method, and a terrifying explosion engulfed the sky.

Xuan Yin recalled his clone and regained the strength of a Nine-star Dou Ancestor, but Lin Mu continued to overwhelm him in battle. After Xuan Yin unleashed his strongest attack against Lin Mu’s Merit Golden Flame, a brilliant golden light pierced the darkness, leaving the collision’s outcome unclear.

• Xuan Yin recalled his clone, restoring his strength, while Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to escape and offered to help him use the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus to distract Xuan Yin.
• Lin Mu traded powerful attacks with Xuan Yin, who transformed into his Yin Demon Body, while the spectators watched in fear.
• Lin Mu returned to Xiao Yi Xian and said he had been using the battle to practice, then warned her about possible Soul Hall ambushes.
• Xuan Yin gathered dark energy and unleashed the Great Dream Ghost Feast against Lin Mu’s Merit Golden Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun protected the Misty Cloud Sect with the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Array.
• The dark attack engulfed Lin Mu, but Fama and Gu He noticed golden light shining through the darkness as a figure emerged.

Lin Mu and Xiao Yan cornered Xuan Yin, but a Dou Venerate’s intervention and Xuan Yin’s sudden self-destruction threatened Lin Mu. A mysterious seven-colored woman appeared, protected Lin Mu, and left the gathered fighters stunned.

• Lin Mu used the Hand of the Heavens while Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus blocked Xuan Yin’s escape, allowing Lin Mu to crush and burn him.
• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Yun Leng from pursuing the weakened Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong escorted Xiao Yan away.
• Xuan Yin crushed a talisman, summoning a powerful Dou Venerate whose attack injured Lin Mu.
• The attacker, whom Xuan Yin called Xing, disappeared, and Xuan Yin’s Dou Qi spiraled out of control before he self-destructed.
• Xiao Yi Xian rushed toward Lin Mu, but a seven-colored woman appeared first, dispersed the explosion, and was followed by an enormous serpent-like magical beast.

Lin Mu recovered after Medusa saved him from Xuan Yin’s self-destruction, and he returned to the Heavenly Court with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian. After Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian fought over their feelings for Lin Mu, he stopped their attacks and promised to stay with them, leaving Medusa reluctant to accept his affection.

• Medusa appeared with the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python and saved Lin Mu from Xuan Yin’s attack, then joined him and Xiao Yi Xian on their return to the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Lin Mu had fought a Dou Venerate and urged him to rest while Medusa waited outside his room.
• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Medusa over why she stayed with Lin Mu, and the two fought in the sky.
• Lin Mu intervened with the Merit Golden Flame, blocked both women’s attacks, and worsened his injuries.
• Lin Mu told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa that he cared for them and promised them a splendid age and a boundless mortal world.
• Medusa objected to sharing Lin Mu, but Lin Mu took both women’s hands and called them his greatest fortune.

After recovering from his injuries and strengthening the Heavenly Court, Lin Mu accompanied Medusa to inspect a new home for the Snake People Race and returned with her to the tribe. The elders thanked him enthusiastically and suggested that he and Medusa produce an heir, leaving both of them speechless.

• Lin Mu emerged from a month of seclusion after recovering and improving his Spirit Engraver abilities, while the Heavenly Court grew stronger as Jia Xing Tian and Yun Yun joined it.
• Medusa told Lin Mu she planned to return to the Snake People Race, and he offered to show her the new home he had found near the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Medusa approved of the new home, and Lin Mu accompanied her to the tribe, where male snake people reacted angrily to seeing him with their queen.
• The Snake People Elders thanked Lin Mu for strengthening Medusa and finding the tribe a new home, while he complained about the hostile male snake people.
• The Great Elder suggested that Lin Mu and Medusa have a child as a reward, making Lin Mu nearly choke on his tea and leaving Medusa bashful.

Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Court, where the Blue Eagle had grown powerful and the little Sky Swallowing Python swallowed a Shaping Pill. He brought the Python to the Monster Beast Mountain Range to take human form, recruited the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with the promise of a pill, and returned with two Sixth-Tier Magic Cores to forge stronger weapons.

• Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Court and learned from Xiao Yi Xian that the Blue Eagle had absorbed a Magic Core and grown to the strength of a Sixth-tier Magical Beast.
• Lin Mu gave the little Sky Swallowing Python the Shaping Pill Gu He had prepared, and it swallowed the pill before falling asleep.
• Lin Mu brought the Python to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave so it could take human form, and the Lion King agreed to join the Heavenly Court in exchange for a Shaping Pill.
• Lin Mu left the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King guarding the cave while he searched the Monster Beast Mountain Range for Sixth-tier Magic Cores.
• Lin Mu returned with two Sixth-Tier Magic Cores and went into the cave to check on the little Sky Swallowing Python.

Lin Mu reforged the Azure Flame Sword and Lightning Bracelet with the Merit Golden Flame, becoming a fifth-grade Artifact Refiner and completing the minor stage of his Saint Physique after surviving a heavenly tribulation. The Sky Swallowing Python took human form, and Lin Mu left with her to find Medusa.

• Lin Mu used the Merit Golden Flame and Sixth-Tier Magic Cores to reforge the Azure Flame Sword and Lightning Bracelet.
• After three days of refinement, Lin Mu became a fifth-grade Artifact Refiner, raised his soul realm to great completion of the Spirit Realm, and reached minor completion of the Saint Physique.
• Lin Mu fought the heavenly lightning with his fists and techniques until the tribulation ended and his blood turned golden.
• The Sky Swallowing Python completed her transformation into a woman resembling Medusa, and Lin Mu gave her clothes.
• Lin Mu sent the curious Purple Crystal Winged Lion King flying, then left with the Sky Swallowing Python to find Medusa.

After the Sky Swallowing Python became human with Lin Mu's Shaping Pill, she reunited with Medusa and began learning about human emotions. The chapter ended with her naming herself Cai Die and Medusa Cai Lin, promising never to leave her sister.

• The Sky Swallowing Python excitedly called Medusa her Big Sister, and Lin Mu explained to the Snake People Elders how she had become independent after Medusa fused with the Seven-Colored Spirit Flame.
• Medusa thanked Lin Mu for the Shaping Pill, and he encouraged her to accept the Sky Swallowing Python as her younger sister.
• Lin Mu explained that a dying Layered Scale Insect was leaving her Spirit Butterfly companion to spare her worry, and that both insects were female sisters.
• The Sky Swallowing Python cried over the insects' separation, while Medusa realized their story had made her fear that she and the Sky Swallowing Python might part one day.
• Lin Mu comforted the Sky Swallowing Python and told her to learn how to live meaningfully despite life's regrets.
• The Sky Swallowing Python asked to be called Cai Die and to call Medusa Cai Lin, promising that she would never leave her Big Sister.

After returning to the Heavenly Court, Lin Mu prepared to travel to Middle Continent and worked on a teleportation formation. He intercepted and killed a Sky Demon Clan creature, learning that hidden members of the clan were still active and might target him for the Sky Demon Venerable’s Reincarnation Fragment.

• Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Court without Cai Die, who stayed with Cai Lin in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Lin Mu and Xiao Yi Xian discussed preparing for a journey to Middle Continent, and Lin Mu began studying how to inscribe a teleportation formation.
• Lin Mu used the Poison Array to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body before meditating on a mountain peak.
• Lin Mu sensed a strange creature approaching the Heavenly Court, recognized it as belonging to the Sky Demon Clan, and pursued it.
• Lin Mu defeated the Dou Zong-level creature and burned it to ashes after it refused to reveal where its clansmen were hiding.
• Lin Mu resolved to find the remaining Reincarnation Fragments before the Sky Demon Clan could reach them.

Lin Mu prepared the Heavenly Court for an impending attack by the Sky Demon Clan’s Ninth Demon Commander and worried that his forces might not be strong enough to protect everyone. The Snake People Race joined the Heavenly Court, and Cai Lin arrived as the group prepared for battle.

• After defeating a demonic scout, Lin Mu sensed the Reincarnation Fragment growing hotter and suspected the Ninth Demon Commander was near.
• Lin Mu told the Heavenly Court’s leaders that demonic creatures threatened the Dou Qi Continent, and they agreed to fight them.
• Yun Yun began preparing the Heavenly Court for war while Xiao Yi Xian comforted Lin Mu over his fear that he could not protect its people.
• The Great Elder announced that the Snake People Race would join the Heavenly Court, and Cai Lin, Cai Die, and the other elders arrived.
• Cai Lin asked Lin Mu about his trouble, and he said he needed to grow stronger before the Sky Demon Clan returned in force.

Lin Mu and the Heavenly Court faced an attack by the Ninth Demon Commander and his demonic forces, who demanded the Reincarnation Fragment. Lin Mu fought the commander while Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian defended the Heavenly Court, and the battle continued as Lin Mu unleashed the Green Lotus Incinerating Heaven.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King arrived with Cai Lin and asked to join the Heavenly Court for a Shaping Pill, while Venerable Huang Lei volunteered to fight.
• Lin Mu sensed the enemy’s arrival and ordered the Heavenly Court to welcome its guests.
• The Ninth Demon Commander appeared outside the Heavenly Court with a host of demonic creatures and demanded the Reincarnation Fragment.
• Lin Mu refused the demand, assigned Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to stop the Dou Zong-level enemies, and faced the Ninth Demon Commander himself.
• The Heavenly Court’s fighters and spiritual arrays battled the demonic forces as Lin Mu activated the Heavenly Thunder Scripture and clashed with the Ninth Demon Commander.
• Lin Mu summoned Chaos Green Flame Arrays and unleashed Green Lotus Incinerating Heaven against the Ninth Demon Commander.

Lin Mu fought the Ninth Demon Commander in a fierce battle while the Heavenly Court’s forces fought the demonic creatures below. Lin Mu gained the upper hand with his golden flames and speed, but the battle was still ongoing.

• Lin Mu unleashed his full power against the Ninth Demon Commander as the Heavenly Court’s fighters attacked the demonic creatures below.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian coordinated to defeat the Dou Zong-level enemies, while Xiao Yi Xian released the seal on her Calamity Poison Body.
• The Ninth Demon Commander blocked Lin Mu’s attacks and sent a rain of death-energy spears at him, but Lin Mu’s golden flames left him unharmed.
• Lin Mu used the Azure Flame Sword, Merit Golden Flame, and his superior speed to press the Ninth Demon Commander and burn away his Demonic Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried about Lin Mu before returning to battle, as Blue Eagle, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Venerable Huang Lei fought the demonic creatures.