Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen and the Cang Xuan Sect disciples entered Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven and agreed on a plan to target Holy Palace's disciples while the Holy Palace Saint Sons explored the depths. Li Qingchan accepted Mu Chen's lead, leaving the group poised to collect old debts from Holy Palace.

• Mu Chen reassured the disciples after provoking a Holy Palace Origin Infant Realm expert, and Li Qingchan assigned teams to gather Essence of Xuan Yuan.
• Mu Chen gave Zhou Yuan a bottle of Dragon Saliva True Water for protection, while Tuntun agreed to lead a team away from Yaoyao.
• The group entered Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven and learned from Li Qingchan's map that the depths were several days away.
• Mu Chen proposed disguising their strength and targeting Holy Palace disciples outside the depths while their Saint Sons went ahead to scout.
• Chu Qing supported Mu Chen's plan, and Li Qingchan agreed to follow his lead despite concerns about the consequences of killing Holy Palace disciples.

Chu Qing, Mu Chen, and the other Cang Xuan Sect Saint Sons ambushed Holy Palace teams across the outer regions, killing hundreds of disciples and securing several treasures, including a Profound Tablet Token. After Jiang Taishen learned of the losses, he waited in Luojiao City and vowed to make the Cang Xuan Sect pay twofold.

• Chu Qing and the other Saint Sons chose to hunt Holy Palace disciples in the outer regions instead of entering the depths.
• Mu Chen and the others killed two Holy Palace chief disciples and recovered a complete Profound Tablet Token from their five-colored treasure land.
• Over several days, the Cang Xuan Sect group ambushed six Holy Palace teams, killing hundreds and taking several God-Building treasures.
• Li Qingchan urged the group to prepare for a great battle as they headed into the depths of Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven.
• Jiang Taishen learned that only four of the Holy Palace's ten teams remained and decided to wait in Luojiao City for the Cang Xuan Sect Saint Sons.

Mu Chen and the Cang Xuan Sect faced Jiang Taishen and the Holy Palace after the Cang Xuan Sect killed many of their disciples. Jiang Taishen postponed the fight until the Great Profound Mountain Range, while Mu Chen reunited with Yaoyao, Zuoqiu Qingyu, and Green Vine as they waited for the remaining Cang Xuan Sect teams.

• The Saint Sons discussed the Holy Palace’s losses and anticipated Jiang Taishen’s response to the Cang Xuan Sect’s retaliation.
• Mu Chen and the others arrived at the manor west of Luojiao City, where Jiang Taishen confronted Chu Qing and demanded an explanation for the deaths of Holy Palace disciples.
• Mu Chen challenged Jiang Taishen, who unleashed his pressure before deciding to postpone the conflict until the depths of the Great Profound Mountain Range.
• Chu Qing and Mu Chen discussed Jiang Taishen’s strength after the Holy Palace party departed.
• Mu Chen and the others waited for the Cang Xuan Sect’s remaining teams, and Zuoqiu Qingyu and Green Vine reunited with Yaoyao.

Mu Chen and Yaoyao joined the effort to secure a seven-colored treasure land while discussing their plans after Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven. As they traveled together, Mu Chen teased Yaoyao with a promised surprise and held her hand, leaving their relationship closer but still unspoken.

• Mu Chen spoke with Li Chunyun and the others, then agreed with Green Vine that they would return to the Vast Continent after Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven.
• Li Qingchan recruited Mu Chen and Yaoyao to help secure a seven-colored treasure land, while Zhou Yuan was assigned to another.
• Mu Chen told Yaoyao that the treasure lands would not provide the energy he needed to reach the peak of the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven.
• Mu Chen promised Yaoyao a surprise for their return to Cang Xuan Sect but refused to reveal what it was.
• Mu Chen took Yaoyao's hand as they traveled, and she allowed him to hold it despite her quickening heartbeat.

Mu Chen and Yaoyao arrived at the Seven-Colored Treasure Land, where Holy Palace Saints threatened the Cang Xuan Sect disciples. Mu Chen killed all three Saints with ease, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Mu Chen traveled with Yaoyao to the Seven-Colored Treasure Land while Little Marten teased him about holding her hand.
• Su Xiu told Mu Chen that three Holy Palace Saints had set their sights on the treasure land, and Mu Chen volunteered to deal with them.
• Mu Chen provoked the Holy Palace camp, where Chai Ying, Chi Lei, and Lei Jun emerged to fight him.
• Mu Chen killed Lei Jun with one punch, then kicked Chai Ying and Chi Lei into the same rubble pile, apparently killing all three.
• Su Xiu and Zhao Zhu watched in disbelief as Mu Chen defeated the three Saints almost instantly.

Mu Chen’s overwhelming strength shocked the Cang Xuan Sect and its allies after he killed three Holy Palace Saint Sons. The Holy Palace resolved to kill him in Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven, while Mu Chen set his sights on gathering the Cang Xuan Seven Arts.

• Mu Chen told the Cang Xuan Sect disciples to handle the remaining Holy Palace disciples and said he wanted the Cang Xuan Seven Arts rather than a Saint Son position.
• Su Xiu and Zhao Zhu realized Mu Chen aimed to win the Saint Seizing Battle and gather all seven arts to glimpse a Saint Origin Art.
• Li Qingchan learned that Mu Chen had killed three Holy Palace Saint Sons, while Chu Qing, Kong Sheng, and the Holy Palace disciples reacted with shock.
• Jiang Taishen recognized Mu Chen as a dangerous variable, and Golden Toad Son reaffirmed that the Holy Palace intended to kill him.
• Zuoqiu Qingyu and Green Vine praised Mu Chen, while Li Chunyun vowed to keep improving his sword and challenge him someday.

As the barrier in the Great Profound Mountain Range shattered, the sects gathered around an ancient mountain holding seven Jade Tablets and exceptionally valuable God-Building Treasures. Jiang Taishen demanded the Holy Palace be given the seventh tablet, but Chu Qing challenged him, and Golden Toad Son confronted Mu Chen.

• Yaoyao said the super barrier had shattered, and the sects began converging on the source of the surging Source Qi.
• The gathered disciples discovered seven Jade Tablets atop the ancient mountain, including an eight-colored treasure and the Sacred Mark Mu Chen wanted.
• Jiang Taishen demanded that no one compete with the Holy Palace for the seventh Jade Tablet, but a concealed man mocked him.
• Chu Qing rejected Jiang Taishen's claim and warned that the Holy Palace had already lost three Saint Sons.
• Golden Toad Son stepped forward, called out Mu Chen, and threatened to kill him.

The Holy Palace used a one-use Spirit Punishing Diagram Replica to trap the Cang Xuan Sect’s Holy Sons while Jiang Taishen and two allies raced for the largest Jade Tablet. Mu Chen realized the diagram’s origin could restore the Ancestral Stone and Yan, then shattered it with the Heavenly Abyss Blade, leaving its golden origin power cascading down.

• Golden Toad Son threatened Mu Chen, who answered him casually.
• Jiang Taishen and the Holy Palace’s Holy Sons activated the Spirit Punishing Diagram Replica against Chu Qing and the Cang Xuan Sect’s Holy Sons.
• Chu Qing blocked the diagram’s destructive light spheres with the Heavenly Net Umbrella, while Jiang Taishen released Soul Bewildering Smoke and rushed toward the Jade Tablet with two allies.
• Mu Chen offered to help Chu Qing break through, then said he would deal with the Spirit Punishing Diagram Replica while the others resisted the smoke.
• Mu Chen struck the diagram forty-nine times with the Heavenly Abyss Blade, breaking it apart and releasing its golden origin power.

Mu Chen destroyed the imitation Spirit Punishing Diagram with the Ancestral Stone and joined Chu Qing and Yaoyao against the Holy Palace’s top Saint Sons. As the groups prepared to fight, Mu Chen revealed 152,000 Origin Energy Stars, leaving the assembled Saint Sons stunned.

• Mu Chen summoned the Ancestral Stone, which absorbed the Spirit Punishing Diagram’s golden origin essence, and he healed his wounded hands.
• Mu Chen arrived beside Chu Qing and Yaoyao as they faced Jiang Taishen, Zhan Taiqing, and Golden Toad Son.
• Jiang Taishen declared that the Holy Palace would kill the Cang Xuan Sect Saint Sons, then revealed 100,000 Origin Energy Stars.
• Chu Qing manifested 95,000 Origin Energy Stars and prepared to fight Jiang Taishen, while Mu Chen assigned Yaoyao to face Zhan Taiqing and chose Golden Toad Son as his opponent.
• Golden Toad Son manifested 83,000 Origin Energy Stars, but Mu Chen revealed 152,000, shocking the Saint Sons from every sect.

Mu Chen overwhelmed the Holy Palace’s Golden Toad Son and killed him with one blow, while Yaoyao continued pressuring Zhan Taiqing with her Soul Flame. The Holy Palace’s defeat was clear, and Zhan Taiqing began considering retreating.

• Mu Chen revealed 150,000 Origin Energy Stars, leaving Golden Toad Son and Jiang Taishen stunned by his strength.
• Golden Toad Son unleashed the poisonous power of the Heavenly Demon Toad’s blood and charged Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen used the Grand Xuan Saint Spirit Art to crush Golden Toad Son, killing him and destroying his spirit soul.
• Chu Qing told Jiang Taishen that the Holy Palace had lost, with its Saint Sons dead and its plans to capture Zhou Yuan and claim the Jade Tablet King title thwarted.
• Yaoyao attacked Zhan Taiqing with a Soul Flame whip, and Zhan Taiqing began thinking about retreating.

Mu Chen entered the mysterious Jade Tablet and obtained the Heaven Punishing Sacred Mark, the third Sacred Mark from the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal. With it, he could unleash a small Dharma Domain and potentially open ten Divine Mansions; the fourth Sacred Mark remained with Elder Xuan.

• Chu Qing warned Jiang Taishen to leave, and Jiang Taishen withdrew with the injured Zhan Taiqing rather than risk fighting the Cang Xuan Sect again.
• Mu Chen entered the Jade Tablet, passed over its many God-Building Treasures, and located a crystal sphere radiating the same aura as his two Sacred Marks.
• Mu Chen opened the sphere's barrier with the Barrier-Breaking Sacred Mark and Earth Sacred Mark, allowing the Heaven Punishing Sacred Mark to join them.
• The Heaven Punishing Sacred Mark entered Mu Chen's Qi Mansion and gave him access to a small Dharma Domain and a vast reserve of Heavenly Source Qi.
• Mu Chen realized that the new Sacred Mark could help him open Divine Mansions without God-Building Treasures and that, with his foundation, he might open ten.

After Mu Chen took the God-Building Treasures from the Jade Tablet, he reunited with the Cang Xuan Sect disciples and helped them secure several more tablets. As Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven’s struggle ended, Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan announced they would enter the Saint Seizing Battle.

• Mu Chen returned from the Jade Tablet with three eight-colored God-Building Exotic Treasures, several dozen seven-colored ones, and countless other treasures as the tablet vanished.
• Mu Chen asked to take one eight-colored treasure for Zhou Yuan, and Chu Qing, Li Qingchan, and the other Saint Sons agreed.
• Chu Qing suggested intervening in the fight at the Heavenly Ghost Mansion’s Jade Tablet, and the Cang Xuan Sect’s arrival forced the Heavenly Ghost Mansion to withdraw.
• The six Jade Tablets went to the Six Saints Sect, while the Purple Sun Hall won the remaining tablet after a bloody struggle among the other factions.
• Mu Chen told the Saint Sons he would participate in the Saint Seizing Battle, and Zhou Yuan said he would join to gain useful Cang Xuan Seven Arts.

The Cang Xuan Sect returned from Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven with a decisive victory over the Holy Palace, and Mu Chen was revealed as the one who killed several Holy Palace Saint Sons. Qin Ling threatened retaliation, but Peak Master Lianyi blocked his pressure and stood behind Mu Chen.

• Li Qingchan guided the Cang Xuan Sect disciples through the passage out of Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven, and Peak Master Liu Lianyi anxiously awaited their return.
• Peak Master Liu Lianyi saw that all the Cang Xuan Sect Saint Sons and chief disciples had survived, while Qin Ling mocked the sect for supposedly avoiding the cave's dangers.
• Li Qingchan reported that the Cang Xuan Sect had gathered numerous treasures, killed Golden Toad Son and other Holy Palace Saint Sons, severely injured Zhan Taiqing, and slain several hundred Holy Palace disciples.
• The returning Holy Palace disciples confirmed the losses, and Jiang Taishen identified Mu Chen and the Cang Xuan Sect's Top Ten Saint Sons as responsible.
• Qin Ling threatened the Cang Xuan Sect, but Peak Master Lianyi blocked his pressure as Mu Chen taunted him over Golden Toad Son's death.

Liu Lianyi used her pseudo-Dharma Domain and the Heavenly Net Umbrella to force Qin Ling and the Holy Palace disciples to retreat, securing the Cang Xuan Sect’s victory in Xuan Yuan Cave Heaven. After the victors returned to the sect, Sheng Yuan punished Jiang Taishen and warned that Cangxuan Heaven had no need for another Cang Xuan Ancestor, while planning to obtain the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal.

• Liu Lianyi took the Heavenly Net Umbrella and used her pseudo-Dharma Domain to threaten Qin Ling and protect the Cang Xuan Sect disciples.
• Mu Chen proposed joining forces against Jiang Taishen and the Holy Palace, but Qin Ling led his disciples away rather than fight.
• Liu Lianyi invited Mu Chen and Yaoyao to Snow Lotus Peak, but Mu Chen declined and stayed at Sacred Origin Peak.
• The Cang Xuan Sect returned home to cheers, and Sect Master Qing Yang said the Holy Palace’s silence suggested it was plotting something.
• Sheng Yuan punished Jiang Taishen and the others, considered Mu Chen’s talent, and resolved to obtain the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal.

Mu Chen was named foremost among the Cang Xuan Sect’s Top Ten Saint Sons and cultivated at the Water Fire Dragon Forging Platform, using the Heaven Punishing Sacred Mark’s Heavenly Source Qi to reach the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven. He revealed a foundation of over 440,000 Origin Energy Stars as news spread that Wu Huang had defeated Jiang Taishen and taken first place on the Saint Son Ranking.

• Sect Master Qing Yang named Mu Chen foremost among the Top Ten Saint Sons and promoted Zhou Yuan to Saint Son, while Chu Qing accepted losing the top position calmly.
• Mu Chen told Yaoyao he planned to cultivate at the Water Fire Dragon Forging Platform and break through to the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven.
• Mu Chen absorbed pure Heavenly Source Qi from the Heaven Punishing Sacred Mark, rapidly increasing his Origin Energy foundation as Elder Xuan observed.
• News spread that Holy Palace disciple Wu Huang had defeated Jiang Taishen and become first on the Saint Son Ranking; Zhou Yuan, already at the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven, was not worried.
• Mu Chen broke through to the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven with over 440,000 Origin Energy Stars, astonishing Elder Xuan.

After reaching the Divine Mansion Realm with an Origin Energy foundation of 440,000 stars, Mu Chen returned to the Cang Xuan Sect and announced a Saint Seizing Battle against the six peak Saint Sons. He left the sect preparing to face him, while Zhou Yuan still lacked Mu Chen’s Grand Xuan Saint Spirit Art.

• Elder Xuan told Mu Chen that Wu Huang had become first on the Saint Son Ranking and that Zhou Yuan had already claimed six of the Cang Xuan Seven Arts.
• Mu Chen returned to the Purple Origin Cave Mansion, where Yaoyao learned that his Origin Energy foundation had reached 440,000 stars.
• At the Discussion Hall, Mu Chen shocked Sect Master Qing Yang, the peak masters, and the Saint Sons by revealing his foundation exceeded the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s 250,000 stars.
• Mu Chen asked Sect Master Qing Yang to approve a Saint Seizing Battle, and Qing Yang agreed to arrange one if the Saint Sons were ready.
• Mu Chen publicly challenged the Saint Sons of the six peaks to a Saint Seizing Battle.

Mu Chen began his Saint Seizing Battle to gather the Cang Xuan Seven Arts, overwhelming his opponents with his vast strength. He defeated Ye Ge and Shang Chunqiu and continued toward the remaining peaks.

• Mu Chen issued a Saint Seizing Battle against the other six peak Saint Sons, and Chu Qing and the others accepted despite their grim prospects.
• Mu Chen told Yaoyao he would speed through the challenges and gather all of the Cang Xuan Seven Arts.
• Mu Chen faced Ye Ge at Spirit Pattern Peak, let the Soul Flame enter his body to study it, and won as Ye Ge recognized that Mu Chen's soul was nearing the Transformation Realm.
• Mu Chen challenged Shang Chunqiu at Hong Ya Peak and proposed a contest of physical strength.
• Shang Chunqiu and Mu Chen exchanged punches, and Mu Chen sent Shang Chunqiu crashing into a mountain wall.

Mu Chen defeated Li Qingchan and Chu Qing to claim the final two Cang Xuan Arts. With all seven arts gathered, he was congratulated as Chief Saint Son.

• Mu Chen defeated Shang Chunqiu in a contest of physical strength and received the Profound Saint Body jade slip.
• Mu Chen quickly cleared Sword Come Peak and Thunder Prison Peak, defeating Kong Sheng and the other Saint Son there.
• Mu Chen used Devour World to find and seize Li Qingchan, then won the Shadow Immortal Art after teasing her.
• Chu Qing challenged Mu Chen with the Spirit Severing Golden Shuttle empowered by Heavenly Marrow, but Mu Chen stopped it with his Source Qi hand and overwhelming Origin Energy foundation.
• Chu Qing handed Mu Chen the Heavenly Art jade slip and congratulated him as Chief Saint Son for gathering all seven Cang Xuan Arts.

After the Saint Seizing Battle, Mu Chen celebrated gathering the Cang Xuan Seven Arts by sharing Peach Blossom Brew with Yaoyao. Their intimate evening ended with Yaoyao drunkenly worrying that she might someday forget him, and Mu Chen promised to make her remember.

• Sect Master Qing Yang said he would only intervene in Great Zhou if Great Wu truly crushed it, while Zhou Yuan insisted he would deal with Wu Huang and Wu Wang himself.
• Mu Chen returned to Sacred Origin Peak, where the disciples celebrated his gathering of the Cang Xuan Seven Arts.
• Mu Chen offered Yaoyao Peach Blossom Brew, explaining that he had made it with Spirit Blood Peaches watered by his own blood.
• Yaoyao enjoyed the wine, kissed Mu Chen to show her appreciation, and asked to keep a jar before he revealed he had brewed nine jars in total.
• After drinking several jars, Yaoyao grew drunk in Mu Chen's arms and murmured that she might forget him one day; Mu Chen vowed to make her remember.

Mu Chen used the Water Fire Dragon Forging Platform to complete the Profound Saint Body and break through to the Primordial Realm Ninth Heaven limit, reaching five hundred thousand Origin Energy Stars. He left the chapter on the verge of opening his Divine Mansion, with Yaoyao beside him.

• Yaoyao found Mu Chen's note saying he had gone to cultivate and went to the Water Fire Dragon Forging Platform with Tuntun to find him.
• Mu Chen endured the fifth level of the platform to temper his body and complete the Profound Saint Body, while Yaoyao watched with concern.
• After ten days, Mu Chen asked Elder Xuan to activate the sixth level, and Yaoyao assured Elder Xuan she would protect him if his life was in danger.
• Mu Chen used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb the water and fire Source Qi, condensing his five hundred thousandth Origin Energy Star and sensing that his Divine Mansion was ready to form.
• A pillar of Source Qi announced Mu Chen's breakthrough to the limit of the Primordial Realm, astonishing the Cang Xuan Sect disciples and Chosen.
• Yaoyao congratulated Mu Chen, and Elder Xuan left them alone after praising Mu Chen's extraordinary foundation.