Chapter Summaries

After Little Nannan killed Tang Qian, Wang Mu returned to Heavenly Severing Island and learned that his charitable programs were expanding across the Northern Region. The Langya Merchant Association and Langya Foundation then announced plans for three thousand nine-year compulsory Cultivation Academies.

• Little Nannan refined Tang Qian, prompting Wang Mu to confirm that the notoriously difficult Child of Luck had been completely killed.
• Little Nannan mourned her family, refused Luo Xuanshuang's offer to take her as a disciple, and stayed by Wang Mu's side.
• Wang Mu and his companions returned to Heavenly Severing Island, where Nie Tingting reported that the Langya Merchant Association and Langya Foundation's initiatives were progressing smoothly.
• The Langya Foundation's rescues of cultivators in accidental danger moved people across the Northern Region and undermined rumors that the charity work was only for business.
• The Langya Merchant Association and Langya Foundation announced plans to build three thousand nine-year compulsory Cultivation Academies across the Northern Region.

The Langya Merchant Association announced plans to establish three thousand Nine-Year Compulsory Cultivation Academies that would accept students regardless of background or talent, drawing skepticism from the Northern Region’s established academies and hidden powers. Wang Mu learned that many hostile comments on the Langya Forum came from disciples of the Three Great Academies.

• People on the Langya Forum debated whether the Merchant Association’s academies could rival the Three Great Academies until they realized the new schools would accept students without considering talent.
• Jin Zhongyuan dismissed the plan as an absurd publicity stunt, while Si Ruofeng and the dean of Taiyi Academy also expressed doubt about its feasibility.
• Primal Origin Sacred Ground’s hidden figures discussed the academies, suspected the Wang Family had another objective, and decided to leave opposition to the Three Great Academies.
• Skeptical comments flooded the Langya Forum, with users claiming the plan would be too costly and that the Wang Family’s executives would not approve it.
• Nie Tingting told Wang Mu that the Technical Department had traced many hostile commenters to the same area and that most appeared to be disciples of the Three Great Academies.
• Wang Mu recognized the comments as paid trolling and remarked that the trolls had learned to use the tactic.

Wang Mu used a staged online argument to draw attention to the Langya Merchant Association’s planned Cultivation Academy, then revealed that its compulsory education would be free. The academy disciples shifted their attacks to arguing that educating ordinary Cultivators wasted limited resources, and the Forum dispute continued.

• Wang Mu told Nie Tingting to let Forum users argue without settling the dispute, so a later reversal would attract more attention.
• An account called [Don't Want to Cultivate Immortality] praised Wang Mu, and members of the Three Great Academies and Sacred Lands countered by accusing the Langya Merchant Association of seeking tuition profits.
• The Langya Foundation announced that its Cultivation Academy would charge no fees, prompting excited reactions from ordinary Cultivators and ridicule of the accusations.
• The Three Great Academies’ disciples renewed their Forum campaign, claiming resources should go to talented Cultivators rather than those with limited aptitude.

Lin Yan watched low-level cultivators face contempt on the Forum, while Wang Mu’s brief wish that everyone become dragons silenced the academy prodigies and inspired the crowd. The debate ended with another post recalling Wang Mu’s ambition to create lasting peace, leaving him surprised and regretful that he had not thought to repeat the same flourish.

• Lin Yan defended low-level cultivators on the Forum, but commenters dismissed and insulted him.
• Dan Xuan acknowledged the Cultivation World’s cruelty as Lin Yan insisted it could be changed.
• Wang Mu posted, “May everyone in this world become dragons,” and the low-level cultivators praised his vision.
• The prodigies of the Three Great Academies fell silent, and Ru Yan admitted they had lost even if they had won the debate.
• A Forum user quoted Wang Mu’s answer about establishing a heart for heaven and earth and creating peace for all ages, prompting Wang Mu to regret not repeating the same move.

Wang Mu’s Four Sayings of Hengqu convinced many cultivators that he sought to prepare the Cultivation World for a future Great Tribulation, while his academy project met opposition from hidden enemies. After Little Nannan reached the Golden Core Realm, her investment return pushed Wang Mu past his own Golden Core bottleneck.

• Lin Yan interpreted Wang Mu’s words as proof that he was preparing the Cultivation World for a coming Great Tribulation and asked Dan Xuan to train him more strictly.
• Song Danqing praised Wang Mu’s Four Sayings of Hengqu as bearing the spirit of ancient sages, while Jin Zhongyuan left the silent gathering at the Heavenly Dao Institute.
• Ouyang Qingxuan decided Wang Mu and Ye Mo must have misunderstood each other and messaged Ye Mo urging him to clear things up with Wang Mu.
• Wang Mu’s educational philosophy and Four Sayings spread as construction began on the first three thousand Cultivation Academies and the Langya Cultivation Academy recruited instructors.
• Hidden figures in the Primal Origin Sacred Ground ordered sects not to help teach at Wang Mu’s academies, hoping to keep them from succeeding.
• Little Nannan broke through to the Golden Core Realm and formed a tenth-grade Heaven-Devouring Demon Pill, granting Wang Mu a cultivation return that raised him to the pinnacle and broke his Golden Core barrier.

Wang Mu began his Nascent Soul breakthrough in Luo Xuanshuang’s domain, but his aura overwhelmed every attempt to conceal it and produced a vast celestial phenomenon. The phenomenon spread across the entire North Sea, while the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground mistook it for Xiao Wanmeng’s breakthrough.

• Wang Mu asked Luo Xuanshuang to guard him as he began breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm in her Heaven and Earth Domain.
• Wang Mu’s surging aura shattered the domain’s island, and Luo Xuanshuang used Cold Whale to strengthen the domain and conceal him from the Heavenly Dao.
• When Wang Mu’s aura broke through the domain’s seal, Luo Xuanshuang moved them to a forbidden cultivation ground, but his aura pierced its formations as well.
• The sky over the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground darkened, and its elders assumed Xiao Wanmeng had formed a Heaven-grade Nascent Soul.
• The phenomenon expanded across the firmament, and people throughout the North Sea saw chaos in the sky.

Wang Mu condensed an Imperial Infant at the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground, drawing the attention of powerful factions and an attack on the Sacred Ground. After the threat emerged and Luo Xuanshuang confronted it, Wang Mu awakened to find Xiao Wanmeng welcoming him back.

• Powerful figures across the Cultivation World recognized the phenomenon in the North Sea as the birth of an Imperial Infant and ordered investigations or its destruction.
• Luo Xuanshuang emerged from seclusion and praised Xiao Wanmeng for condensing a Heaven-grade Nascent Soul.
• Wang Mu's Nascent Soul transformed into a three-headed, six-armed Imperial Infant, startling Xiao Wanmeng and delighting Luo Xuanshuang.
• A destructive aura appeared above the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground, and Luo Xuanshuang vanished to confront the intruder.
• Wang Mu opened his eyes, and Xiao Wanmeng leaned close and told him he still smelled just as good.

After Xiao Wanmeng left seclusion, she teased Wang Mu and learned that he had recently begun cultivating and condensed a Chaos Nascent Soul. Luo Xuanshuang returned after confronting an ancient figure from the Realm of Nirvana, but she could not identify the faction behind the attack.

• Xiao Wanmeng greeted Wang Mu after leaving seclusion, teased him, and asked when he had become able to cultivate.
• Wang Mu told Xiao Wanmeng that only she and Luo Xuanshuang knew he had condensed a Chaos Nascent Soul.
• The chapter recounted how Xiao Wanmeng had once sacrificed her Essence Blood trying to improve Wang Mu's aptitude and had continued to protect him.
• Luo Xuanshuang returned unharmed and explained that an ancient being from the Realm of Nirvana had been behind the attack.
• Wang Mu asked whether they could identify the attacker’s faction, and Luo Xuanshuang said the figure’s age and unfamiliar techniques made that difficult.

Xiao Wanmeng claimed that she had condensed a Chaos Imperial Infant to draw danger away from Wang Mu, while Wang Tiangang tightened his grip on the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty as Prince of Wei. The chapter ended with Wang Tiangang dismissing court after receiving a message that Mu'er was hungry.

• Luo Xuanshuang warned Wang Mu to remain in the Sacred Land after her perilous battle against an awakened old expert.
• Xiao Wanmeng announced to the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground that she had condensed a Chaos Imperial Infant, taking the attention and threats meant for Wang Mu onto herself.
• Wang Mu urged Luo Xuanshuang to inform his grandfather and the others about Xiao Wanmeng's decision.
• Wang Tiangang forced the young emperor Xia Qi to write an edict ordering the extermination of ten clans of rebels.
• Wang Tiangang received a Communication Talisman message saying Mu'er was hungry and immediately dismissed court.

After learning that Wang Mu had formed a Chaos Imperial Infant, Prince of Wei summoned the Yellow Springs Guard to protect him. The twelve guards arrived at the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground and pledged their service to Wang Mu.

• Luo Xuanshuang told Prince of Wei that Wang Mu had formed a Chaos Imperial Infant and that an Old Monster from the Realm of Nirvana had tried to kill him.
• Prince of Wei agreed that acting openly could expose Wang Mu, then summoned the Yellow Springs Guard to protect his grandson.
• Wang Mu examined the vast, growing Heaven and Earth Domain that had formed within him after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The twelve members of the Yellow Springs Guard appeared before Wang Mu and introduced themselves as they swore to obey his commands.

Wang Mu prepared to leave the Sacred Land with Prince of Wei’s hidden guards protecting him and asked Xiao Wanmeng to accompany him to Heavenly Severing Island. After he revealed that breakthroughs might repeatedly create conspicuous phenomena, Xiao Wanmeng realized they would need to stay together to keep his identity concealed.

• Yin Jiuzhu introduced Meng Po as Wang Mu’s visible attendant while the other eleven Yellow Springs Guards hid in the void around him.
• Luo Xuanshuang reluctantly agreed to let Wang Mu leave the Sacred Land and told him he could ask Xiao Wanmeng to come along.
• Wang Mu visited Xiao Wanmeng at Saintess Peak and asked her to travel with him to Heavenly Severing Island.
• Xiao Wanmeng teased Wang Mu about their Northern Darkness Saint Son and Saintess identities before he explained that a Small World was forming within him.
• Wang Mu told Xiao Wanmeng that each minor breakthrough might produce another phenomenon, making her realize they needed to remain together to protect his concealment.

Wang Mu brought Xiao Wanmeng to Heavenly Severing Island, where she teased the women around him before he turned to Langya Foundation’s stalled academy project. He proposed using the Langya Forum’s knowledge to create a simple, flexible cultivation method for ordinary students, leaving the academies poised to rethink their staffing and curriculum.

• Wang Mu persuaded Xiao Wanmeng to stay by his side for protection, and she agreed to leave the Sacred Land with him.
• Meng Po greeted Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng after they left the Spirit Pool, and Wang Mu explained that she was an expert sent by his grandfather to protect him.
• At Langya Foundation headquarters, Xiao Wanmeng teased Nie Tingting, Little Nannan, and Zixia about bearing children for Wang Mu.
• Nie Tingting told Wang Mu that the first three thousand Langya Cultivation Academies were built but could not enroll students because rival institutions had blocked renowned teachers from joining.
• Wang Mu argued that the academies should recruit sufficiently cultivated instructors to organize knowledge from the Langya Forum into a simple, expandable, staged method for ordinary students.

Wang Mu outlined plans to improve the academy’s courses, student support, and teacher recruitment before receiving an invitation to the Kunlun Saintess’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony. Meanwhile, a Heaven Spring Sect disciple named Fang Xing dismissed an old medicine seller, who identified problems with Fang Xing’s cultivation and injuries.

• Wang Mu proposed dividing subjects into specialized courses, assigning manageable coursework, monitoring students’ well-being, and recruiting experienced teachers through a team of Talent Scouts.
• Nie Tingting told Wang Mu that the Kunlun Saintess had praised his ideas and sent him an invitation to her Coming-of-Age Ceremony next month.
• Wang Mu accepted the invitation and ordered Nie Tingting to prepare two sets of expensive congratulatory gifts.
• At a Wine Shop, Fang Xing bragged about defeating Wang Ping and earning praise from the Heaven Spring Sect’s Sect Master.
• An Old man selling Qi Condensation Pills warned Fang Xing that his Aura was unstable and his recent injuries had exposed a hidden cultivation problem, making Fang Xing panic.

Chen Sanxi correctly identified the flaw in Fang Xing’s cultivation technique, but the Heaven Spring Sect disciples attacked him after Fang Xing collapsed. Cao Xiu intervened, revealed Chen Sanxi’s rare talent, and invited him to become Langya Academy’s chief instructor of Breath Regulation.

• Fang Xing rejected Chen Sanxi’s warning, wounded him, and threatened to kill him if he spoke again.
• Fang Xing’s qi fell into chaos inside the Wine Shop, and he accused Chen Sanxi of using a trick against him.
• Heaven Spring Sect disciples rushed outside and tried to attack Chen Sanxi, but Cao Xiu deflected their strike and identified himself as a Langya Academy Talent Scout.
• Cao Xiu healed Chen Sanxi and explained how his Breath Regulation Art let him detect flaws in cultivation techniques.
• Cao Xiu invited Chen Sanxi to join Langya Academy as the chief instructor of the Breath Regulation course.

Mo Xiaozhi stunned Wild Goose Mountain Sect with an intricate fire technique at Liu Ruxu’s birthday celebration, but the disciples rejected and attacked him when they saw his appearance. Bai Zhi then invited him to Langya Academy as a hand-seal instructor, leaving Mo Xiaozhi and the crowd in disbelief.

• Wild Goose Mountain Sect’s disciples competed to impress Liu Ruxu with spectacular birthday gifts and displays of spiritual power.
• Mo Xiaozhi combined eighteen basic hand seals to transform the fireworks into a golden phoenix and weave a rosy bridal robe around Liu Ruxu.
• Mo Xiaozhi identified himself as an Alchemy Peak miscellaneous duty disciple, and Liu Ruxu’s smile froze as the crowd mocked him.
• An Artifact Peak disciple struck Mo Xiaozhi, who fell among the willows and saw the silver hairpin he had bought for Liu Ruxu left among the gifts.
• Bai Zhi arrived as Langya Academy’s Talent Scout and invited Mo Xiaozhi to become an instructor of hand seals, citing his extraordinary technique.

Langya Academy recruited Mo Xiaozhi as a hand-seal instructor, and Bai Zhi defended him against Liu Ruxu before taking him away. As ridicule and hostility toward the academy spread across the Northern Region, Wang Mu chose to respond with an announcement rather than silence the Forum.

• Bai Zhi told Mo Xiaozhi that his skill with hand seals made him a suitable Langya Academy instructor, and he agreed to go for a monthly salary of one thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bai Zhi threatened Liu Ruxu and left her badly injured after she insulted Mo Xiaozhi’s appointment.
• Langya Academy’s Talent Scouts continued recruiting overlooked cultivators across the Northern Region, prompting mockery and criticism on the Langya Forum.
• Jin Zhongyuan and leaders at Primal Origin Sacred Ground encouraged the attacks on Langya Academy, while Liu Ruxu posted angrily about Mo Xiaozhi’s recruitment.
• Nie Tingting asked Wang Mu whether to shut down the Forum discussion, but he refused and told the Talent-Seeking Association to prepare an announcement.

After Wang Mu defended his low-cultivation teachers with his article On Teachers, its ideas won over readers and stirred the scholarly world. Jin Zhongyuan’s attempt to refute it shattered his Literary Qi, while Song Danqing copied the article, gained a profound resonance with the Confucian Dao, and decided to apologize to the Wang Family.

• Jin Zhongyuan learned that Wang Mu had admitted choosing Cultivators with lower cultivation as teachers and had published an article in response to the criticism.
• The teachers at Langya Academy’s Northern Plains City branch feared they were bringing trouble to Wang Mu and prepared to resign, but the dean showed them Wang Mu’s post, On Teachers.
• Readers praised Wang Mu’s claims that teachers could be weaker or younger than their students and that anyone with knowledge worth learning could be a teacher.
• Jin Zhongyuan tried repeatedly to compose a rebuttal, but could not finish one; his Righteous Qi fell into disorder and his Literary Qi was broken.
• Song Danqing copied On Teachers, whose words manifested as golden cicadas and fragments of scripture, drawing the Confucian Dao’s fortune and strengthening his Righteous Qi.
• Song Danqing ordered a letter sent to the Wang Family and said he would personally visit in a few days to apologize for his past slander.

Langya Academy’s newly announced teachers and a popular post praising its respect for ordinary Cultivators won widespread support across the Northern Region. Wang Mu admired the post until he noticed its author name, and Nie Tingting realized she had posted from the wrong account.

• Langya Academy published its first roster of teachers and highlighted the unusual skills of Mo Xiaozhi, Chen Sanxi, Yao Jiu, Ironheart Ape, and the other instructors.
• Cultivators on the forum praised the teachers, and trending discussions shifted toward how to enroll in Langya Academy.
• A post titled “What Does the Appearance of Langya Academy Truly Mean?” argued that Langya treated Low-level Cultivators as people and recognized talents others had overlooked.
• Wang Mu praised the post’s writing, then noticed the poster’s name, while Nie Tingting realized she had logged into the wrong alt account.

Nie Tingting feared Wang Mu would punish her for her feelings, but he only asked her to identify the person who named the Forum and recruit them as a writer. Meanwhile, the Forum’s criticism of the Heavenly Dao Institute and the Sacred Grounds alarmed Primal Origin Holy Lord Ling Xiaozi, who saw Wang Mu’s influence as a threat to their authority and noted that Xiao Wanmeng had likely condensed an Imperial Infant.

• Wang Mu asked Nie Tingting to find the person who named the Forum and recruit them as a writer, and she hurried out of his room, flustered by his response.
• Jin Zhongyuan learned that Forum users had shifted their criticism from Langya Academy to the Heavenly Dao Institute and ordered his disciples to investigate them.
• Jin Zhongyuan’s disciples explained that the anonymous commenters were too numerous and scattered to track down, leaving him furious and powerless.
• At Primal Origin Sacred Ground, elders complained that Wang Mu’s Forum had encouraged people to criticize the Sacred Grounds, while Ling Xiaozi revealed that Xiao Wanmeng had likely condensed an Imperial Infant.
• Ling Xiaozi argued that Wang Mu was undermining the Sacred Grounds by giving ordinary people a platform and warned that Northern Darkness Sacred Ground could become the world’s sole trusted refuge.

Primal Origin Sacred Ground leaders planned to kill Xiao Wanmeng during her journey to the Heavenly Pride Assembly and counter Wang Mu’s influence, while praising Ye Mo’s progress. Ye Mo emerged from seclusion expecting evidence against Wang Mu from Ouyang Qingxuan, but her message left his smile frozen.

• Ling Xiaozi warned that Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng’s growing alliance threatened Primal Origin Sacred Ground.
• The scarlet-armored man proposed ambushing Xiao Wanmeng on her way to the Heavenly Pride Assembly, and the elders agreed.
• Ling Xiaozi told the elders to revive the Three Great Merchant Associations’ forum to challenge Wang Mu’s influence.
• Jiang Baiyi reported that Ye Mo was progressing smoothly and could reach major completion in the fourth level of the Primal Origin Emperor Scripture before the Assembly.
• Ye Mo opened his secluded chamber, found a pile of messages from Ouyang Qingxuan, and summoned one expecting evidence against Wang Mu.
• Ye Mo listened to Ouyang Qingxuan’s message, and his smile froze.