Chapter Summaries

Bai Mu followed Dugu Bo’s trail to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and sent Zygarde inside the Poison Array while he stayed hidden outside. After surveying the Immortal Herbs, he chose the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, while Zygarde said it had chosen one for itself.

• Bai Mu and Zygarde raced into Sunset Forest and tracked Dugu Bo’s fading aura toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Bai Mu found Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist and decided to take only a suitable Immortal Herb while avoiding traces that could reveal his visit.
• Bai Mu ordered Zygarde to remain invisible, activate Safeguard, and enter the Poison Array while he directed it from outside.
• Zygarde passed through the mist and revealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surrounded by Immortal Herbs, which Bai Mu identified and considered.
• Bai Mu ruled out several herbs and chose the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for its potential to strengthen his body.
• Bai Mu told Zygarde to choose an Immortal Herb for itself, and Zygarde replied that it had already picked one.

Bai Mu and Zygarde stole the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum after Zygarde consumed a Lovesick Heartbreak Red and gained ten new Z-Cells. Bai Mu began using the chrysanthemum to temper his body while Zygarde guarded him, and the chapter ended as the medicinal power reshaped him.

• Zygarde chose an immature Earth Dragon Golden Melon, but Bai Mu told it to pick a mature Immortal Herb instead.
• Zygarde swallowed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and absorbed its life energy, producing ten new Z-Cells with energy left to digest.
• Bai Mu ordered Zygarde to leave a Z-Cell as a Stealth Camera and retrieve the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from the Medicinal Garden.
• Zygarde concealed the chrysanthemum's aura, and Bai Mu and Zygarde fled nearly a hundred kilometers from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Bai Mu ate the chrysanthemum's stamen and petals, then cultivated under the sun while Zygarde guarded him and used Jungle Healing to aid his absorption.
• The chrysanthemum's medicinal power painfully tempered Bai Mu's body, leaving him sturdier and more powerful.

After gaining strength from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Bai Mu left hiding and learned Dugu Bo had put out a bounty to find him, hoping his Healing Spirit Skill could suppress the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison. Three months later, Bai Mu kidnapped Xue Beng and demanded a ransom.

• Bai Mu’s Soul Power rose to level 16, while Zygarde gained five Z-Cells, and they spent three days consolidating their gains.
• After deciding not to kill Xue Beng, Bai Mu left Sunset Forest and reconsidered his plans.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Bai Mu’s Healing Spirit Skill had made her feel unusually comfortable, leading Dugu Bo to suspect it could counter the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Xue Xing told Dugu Bo that his searchers had failed to find Bai Mu and feared he had been killed, so Dugu Bo offered a bounty of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Bai Mu evaded detection in Heaven Dou City and Heaven Dou Royal Academy for three months, then abducted Xue Beng and demanded five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and rare Whale Rubber for his release.

Xue Xing paid the kidnappers’ ransom after a series of taunting clues, and Dugu Bo found Xue Beng bruised but alive. Bai Mu secretly kept the ransom and planned to use the Whale Rubber to strengthen himself before absorbing a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

• Xue Xing argued with the three Commissioners over Xue Beng’s kidnapping, while Dugu Bo reported that the kidnappers concealed their aura and seemed skilled at earth escape.
• The kidnappers led Xue Xing through several clues and warned him to come alone with the ransom, revealing that they knew the search party’s movements.
• Xue Xing delivered the Soul Tool and ransom to a burrow, where Zygarde retrieved them through an underground tunnel.
• Dugu Bo found Xue Beng unconscious in a woodshed, bruised and marked with a note saying the goods had been returned.
• Bai Mu revealed that he had kept the ransom and Whale Rubber, then left with Zygarde and Xiao Ruan to digest his gains and prepare to absorb a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Bai Mu refined Hundred Year and Thousand Year Whale Rubber in Blazing Fire City, raising his level to 20 and greatly strengthening his physique. Unable to find Spirit Master opponents, he entered the Great Soul Arena to fight Huo Wu, and the chapter ended as he charged into her Flowing Fire Whip with a punch.

• Bai Mu rented an abandoned blacksmith shop and used its furnace to consume Whale Rubber, finding that even Hundred Year Whale Rubber significantly strengthened him.
• Bai Mu spent five days refining five pieces of Hundred Year Whale Rubber, then spent two months digesting ten pieces of Thousand Year Whale Rubber, reaching Level 20 and increasing his Z-Cell Quantity to thirty-eight.
• Bai Mu tested his strength by smashing a heavy stone weight and decided to digest the rest of his Whale Rubber before seeking a Second Spirit Ring.
• Bai Mu went to Blazing Fire City's Great Soul Arena, where staff told him Spirit Master contestants would no longer fight him, so he challenged a Soul Grandmaster instead.
• Bai Mu faced Huo Wu, a Level 23 Control Type Battle Soul Grand Master from Blazing Academy, and she attacked him with her Flowing Fire Whip.
• Bai Mu charged forward and punched directly toward Huo Wu's fire whip.

Bai Mu defeated Huo Wu twice and several other Soul Grandmasters in the arena without using Spirit Skills, then refined Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber over several months. He emerged with a greatly strengthened physique and prepared to choose his Second Spirit Ring.

• Bai Mu defeated Huo Wu in the Soul Fighting Arena, criticized her Spirit Skill combination, and healed the burns she had inflicted on him.
• Bai Mu won three more matches against Soul Grandmasters, while Huo Wu watched and resolved to challenge him again to prove herself.
• Huo Wu challenged Bai Mu again but was knocked unconscious almost immediately when he broke through her Blazing Impact with a punch.
• Bai Mu returned to his courtyard and used a charcoal furnace to soften the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber before refining it.
• Several months later, Bai Mu finished refining the Whale Rubber, found his physique had become comparable to a Soul Ancestor's, and decided he could absorb a Five-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Bai Mu considered a defensive Second Spirit Skill, decided to seek a Mirror Shadow Beast in the north, and traveled to Skywater City to reunite with the Shui family. He told them he planned to continue north to hunt for his Second Spirit Ring.

• Bai Mu asked Zygarde about a boosting skill, and Zygarde said obtaining its Second Spirit Ring would let it awaken Dragon Dance.
• After realizing he needed to protect himself, Bai Mu considered getting a skill from a Mirror Shadow Beast and left Blazing Fire City for the north.
• Huo Wu learned Bai Mu had left and issued a bounty notice to find the Dragon of Order.
• Bai Mu arrived at Skywater City and reunited with Shui Yunxin, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er at Skywater Academy.
• Bai Mu reassured Shui Yunxin that he had managed while traveling and told the Shui family he was heading north to hunt for his Second Spirit Ring.

Bai Mu declined to join Skywater Academy and revealed that he planned to absorb a five-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast Spirit Ring, alarming Shui Yunxin and her daughters. After settling in a courtyard near the academy, he began cultivating with a new method that used solar energy to strengthen his body.

• Bai Mu turned down Shui Yunxin, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er's invitations to join Skywater Academy, though Shui Yunxin offered to help him obtain his Second Spirit Ring.
• Bai Mu told the women he intended to hunt a five-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast, prompting Shui Yunxin, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er to warn him about the danger.
• Bai Mu explained that his improved physique and half a year of using Whale Rubber would let him withstand the Spirit Ring, while Shui Yunxin remained doubtful and said she would test the substance herself.
• Shui Yunxin offered Bai Mu an unused courtyard near the academy, and he accepted the place to stay.
• Bai Mu began training with Zygarde at dawn, using solar energy to temper his body as well as refine his Soul Power, and named the method the Great Sun Visualization Method.

Bai Mu, Shui Yunxin, and Shui Bing'er traveled to the Ice Forest to hunt a Mirror Shadow Beast for Bai Mu’s second Spirit Ring. Shui Yunxin subdued and weakened a five-thousand-year beast, Zygarde delivered the final blow, and Bai Mu began absorbing its Spirit Ring.

• Shui Yunxin gave Shui Yue'er Whale Rubber to strengthen her physique and left with Bai Mu and Shui Bing'er for the Ice Forest.
• Bai Mu released Zygarde into the freezing wilderness, but Zygarde shed its extra Z-Cells and returned to its warm pocket.
• After searching for five days, Shui Yunxin followed Mirror Shadow Beast tracks to a Glacial Canyon, where Bai Mu spotted a disguised beast.
• Shui Yunxin trapped the five-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast and defeated its defenses with her Spirit Skills.
• Bai Mu sent Zygarde to finish the dying beast with Dragon Pulse, and a Purple Spirit Ring rose from its body.
• Bai Mu sat down and began absorbing the Mirror Shadow Beast’s Spirit Ring while Shui Yunxin, Shui Bing'er, and Zygarde stood guard.

Bai Mu absorbed a five-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast Spirit Ring, gained Mirror Copy, and chose Substitute as his resonated Move instead of Transform. His level surged to at least 25, and he demonstrated a lifelike Substitute that he planned to use as a combat decoy.

• Bai Mu gained the Second Spirit Skill Mirror Copy but failed to resonate with Transform, so he replaced it with Substitute.
• Zygarde used Jungle Healing as Bai Mu's Soul Power surged, raising his level to around 28.
• Bai Mu told Shui Yunxin and Shui Bing'er that he had reached at least level 25, astonishing them both.
• Bai Mu summoned a realistic Substitute that could speak, mimic him, and block attacks, though it had only a fraction of his strength.
• Bai Mu and Shui Yunxin discussed using the Substitute to confuse opponents while Bai Mu hid nearby.

Bai Mu reviewed his growth and new Zygarde moves on the ride back to the academy, then visited Shui Bing'er and Shui Yunxin. Their visit ended abruptly when they discovered Shui Yue'er suffering from an embarrassing reaction to Whale Rubber and Evil Fire.

• Bai Mu learned he had reached Level 29 and gained Dragon Dance and Land's Wrath, but decided to tell others he was Level 26.
• Shui Bing'er fell asleep against Bai Mu on the carriage ride, and he covered her with a cloak.
• Shui Yunxin thanked Bai Mu for sharing the secret of Whale Rubber and asked whether she could teach it to the academy students.
• Shui Yunxin opened Shui Yue'er's bedroom door and found her rubbing against a blanket while flushed and making strange sounds.
• Shui Yunxin sent Bai Mu away, and he realized Shui Yue'er might be unable to suppress the Evil Fire brought on by eating Whale Rubber.

Bai Mu tested Zygarde’s new moves, discovered that his Spiritual Power limited how many Substitutes he could control, and spent six months training until he reached level thirty. Impatient to complete Zygarde’s transformation, he left for Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his Third Spirit Ring.

• Bai Mu tested Zygarde’s Land’s Wrath, Dragon Dance, and Substitute, finding that Dragon Dance boosted its power but needed simpler movements for battle.
• Bai Mu created up to five Substitutes before Spiritual Power strain made them sluggish, and concluded that he needed to improve his Spiritual Power.
• Over six months, Bai Mu trained regularly, Shui Yue'er gained a thousand-year Second Spirit Ring, and Bai Mu advanced to level thirty as Zygarde’s Z-Cells increased to forty-nine.
• Bai Mu decided to stop waiting for the remaining Z-Cells to split and go to Star Dou Great Forest for his Third Spirit Ring and transformation into Z-Snake.
• Shui Yunxin gave Bai Mu a map and warned him about the forest’s dangers, while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er urged him to stay safe as he departed.

Bai Mu returned to Nuoding City and visited Notting Academy, where he mocked Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple before leaving a valuable Meditation Technique for the dean. After a nostalgic meal, Bai Mu departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Bai Mu returned to Nuoding City and entered Notting Academy, where the gatekeeper recognized him and directed him to the dean.
• Bai Mu met Yu Xiaogang, rejected his offer of mentorship, and told him to work harder to reach Soul Elder level.
• Bai Mu visited the dean, caught him up on his past, and left behind a booklet containing a complete Meditation Technique.
• Bai Mu ate grilled fish at his old restaurant, then left Nuoding City at night for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Bai Mu trained in the Star Dou Great Forest while searching for a Spirit Beast suitable for his Third Spirit Ring, then recognized several strangely dried corpses as the work of a Tusked Time Hunter. After a week of tracking its victims, he finally found his target.

• Bai Mu entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Zygarde, which cleared a path and drove off a pack of Nether Wolves.
• Zygarde used Extreme Speed to knock a Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard away when it ambushed Bai Mu.
• Bai Mu trained and fought Spirit Beasts for days while Zygarde condensed another Z-Cell and Bai Mu kept his Soul Power steady at level 30.
• Bai Mu and Zygarde discovered a dried Ten Thousand Year Iron-Back Grizzly Bear corpse, and Bai Mu suspected the Tusked Time Hunter had drained its time.
• Bai Mu sent out Substitutes and Zygarde's Cells to track the creature, finding more dried Spirit Beast corpses over the following days.
• On the seventh evening, Bai Mu finally found the Tusked Time Hunter.

Bai Mu and Zygarde confronted the Tusked Time Hunter, a Spirit Beast whose time-manipulating abilities and heavy armor made it difficult to hurt. After Zygarde weakened its speed and Bai Mu’s Substitute attacks cracked its armor, the frightened Time Hunter fled toward the valley entrance.

• Bai Mu and Zygarde entered a secluded valley and found the Tusked Time Hunter draining the life and time from an eight-thousand-year-old Vajra Bear.
• The Tusked Time Hunter spotted them and used its Time Domain, but Zygarde’s Aura Break reversed the domain’s effects.
• Bai Mu and Zygarde dodged the Time Hunter’s charge, and Zygarde slowed it with Glare and repeated Stomps while evading its gray mist.
• Zygarde strengthened itself with six Dragon Dances and struck the Time Hunter with Land’s Wrath, but its armor absorbed most of the damage.
• Bai Mu ordered Zygarde to create Substitutes and use Crunch until their attacks cracked the Time Hunter’s armor.
• The Tusked Time Hunter realized its defense had been weakened, scattered the Substitutes, and fled toward the valley entrance.

Bai Mu and Zygarde defeated the Tusked Time Hunter, and Bai Mu absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to gain Temporal Penetration and resonate it with Roar of Time. He emerged with diamond-bright eyes that seemed to let him perceive and slightly affect time.

• Bai Mu ordered Zygarde to unleash Land's Wrath, burying the Tusked Time Hunter beneath the valley until it was nearly dead.
• Zygarde finished off the Time Hunter, and Bai Mu began absorbing its 12,458-year Spirit Ring while Zygarde kept watch.
• Bai Mu destroyed the Time Hunter's remnant soul in his spiritual world and gained the third Spirit Skill, Temporal Penetration.
• Bai Mu chose to resonate Temporal Penetration with Roar of Time, and the Spirit Ring's power pushed him beyond level 30.
• Bai Mu noticed his eyes had turned diamond-bright and discovered he could perceive time and weakly affect its flow, possibly through the Time Hunter's Time Domain.

After recovering from the battle with the Tusked Time Hunter, Bai Mu helped Zygarde reach its 50% Form, unlocking the powerful Ecosystem Control ability. The chapter left Bai Mu considering how to use its hard-to-control plants against enemies.

• Bai Mu collected the Tusked Time Hunter's tusks, then tested Roar of Time and discovered that it left him unable to move for three seconds.
• Bai Mu rested in a secluded clearing while Zygarde recovered, and Zygarde produced five new Z-Cells.
• Bai Mu used thirty-nine Z-Cells to transform Zygarde into its 50% Form, a five-meter-tall Z-Snake.
• Zygarde demonstrated Ecosystem Control by growing a giant vine that snapped a large tree, and explained that its plants were difficult to control or dismiss.
• Bai Mu decided that Ecosystem Control's risk of running wild would not matter if he used it in enemy territory.

Bai Mu tested Zygarde’s new abilities and hunted Spirit Beasts across the Star Dou Great Forest to strengthen his Time Domain, eventually reaching 10%. As he left the forest, he rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Nether Wolf pack and recognized her as a wild Little Kitten.

• Bai Mu read Zygarde’s new abilities, then used Thousand Arrows to kill a Wind Demon Eagle and discovered its time barely strengthened the Time-Diamond Eye.
• Bai Mu hunted Spirit Beasts across the Star Dou Great Forest, killing nearly a hundred Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts and raising his Time Domain to 10%.
• Bai Mu sensed a wolf pack pursuing a wounded girl and suspected she was Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zygarde saved Zhu Zhuqing from a Nether Wolf’s attack and killed the wolf pack with Thousand Arrows.
• Bai Mu stepped out, looked over Zhu Zhuqing, and called her a wild Little Kitten.

Bai Mu saved the injured Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Dou Great Forest, healed her, and learned she was heading to Suotuo City to find someone at Shrek Academy. Zhu Zhuqing fled after Bai Mu declared that her fate was in his hands, while he stayed behind to absorb the wolf carcasses and planned to find Tang San and Tang Hao.

• Bai Mu used Zygarde to defeat the wolf pack that had attacked Zhu Zhuqing, then healed her injuries and restored her Soul Power.
• Bai Mu learned Zhu Zhuqing was traveling to Suotuo City to find someone and guessed that person was connected to Shrek Academy.
• Bai Mu revealed his name, martial spirit, and Level 40 rank, while Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself as a Level 27 Spirit Master.
• Bai Mu teased Zhu Zhuqing about being a stray kitten and learned she was engaged to the Star Luo Empire's Third Prince, Dai Mubai.
• Bai Mu invited Zhu Zhuqing to visit Shrek Academy with him, but she ran into the forest and Zygarde asked whether it should bring her back.
• Bai Mu let Zhu Zhuqing go, continued Time Hunting on the wolf corpses, and thought about finding Tang San and Tang Hao so he could approach Ah Yin.

Bai Mu reached Suotuo City ahead of Zhu Zhuqing and gave her a detailed cultivation notebook while arranging rooms at the Rose Hotel. When Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived, Bai Mu defused their dispute with Dai Mubai by giving Tang San a room key and offering Dai Mubai Whale Rubber.

• Bai Mu arrived in Suotuo City before Zhu Zhuqing and led her to the Rose Hotel, where he gave her a cultivation notebook and told her they would visit Shrek later.
• Zhu Zhuqing read Bai Mu’s carefully documented Soul Power circulation routes and realized the notebook was far more valuable than his casual description suggested.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu asked for a room, but Dai Mubai arrived and challenged them over the hotel’s last vacancy.
• Bai Mu greeted Tang San and Xiao Wu, gave Tang San the key to [Pink Tenderness], and offered Dai Mubai Ten-Year Whale Rubber to settle the dispute.
• Dai Mubai accepted the Whale Rubber and the key to [Red Ocean], then went upstairs with the twin sisters.