Chapter Summaries

Cangyuan revealed himself as a true Dual Lotus Realm expert and defeated Sheng Yuan, whose borrowed power could not match his. To keep Sheng Yuan from claiming the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal, Mu Chen shattered it and scattered its fragments across Cangxuan Heaven, while Sheng Yuan escaped with a threat of revenge.

• Cangyuan summoned two golden lotuses and overwhelmed Sheng Yuan in their clash, shattering Sheng Yuan's lotuses and reducing him to the pseudo-Saint level.
• Sheng Yuan warned that Cangyuan could not remain in Cangxuan Heaven and vowed to claim the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal after he left.
• Mu Chen struck the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal and shattered it, scattering its fragments throughout Cangxuan Heaven.
• Cangyuan attacked Sheng Yuan, who detonated his body to escape and vowed to slaughter those who opposed the Holy Palace once he gathered the fragments.
• The Heavenly Sword Venerable and the other experts realized they would need to cooperate against the Holy Palace.

After Sheng Yuan escaped and Mu Chen recovered from the backlash of wielding the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s power, Cangyuan decided to take Mu Chen and Yaoyao out of Cangxuan Heaven for their safety. Zhou Yuan joined them, and the group left for Hunyuan Heaven to continue their training and confront their enemies.

• Mu Chen suffered severe pain and bleeding from the backlash, but the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol healed his wounds as Cangyuan calmed the rioting power.
• Mu Chen handed Jiang Leijun over to Sect Master Qing Yang and learned that Sheng Yuan would need years to restore his physical body.
• Cangyuan decided to leave Cangxuan Heaven with Mu Chen and Yaoyao, and Mu Chen asked him to bring Zhou Yuan along to Hunyuan Heaven.
• Mu Chen, Yaoyao, and Cangyuan found Zhou Yuan in Great Zhou City, and Zhou Yuan agreed to leave so he could train and face Wu Yao.
• Zhou Yuan said farewell to Zhou Qing and the others, then Cangyuan opened a spatial passage and led the group out of Cangxuan Heaven.

Mu Chen continued cultivating while Cangyuan and Yaoyao discussed Zhou Yuan’s choice of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and the danger surrounding Yaoyao’s identity. Cangyuan gave Mu Chen the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s Saint’s Heart, and the chapter left Mu Chen asking whether Yaoyao would leave with Cangyuan.

• Mu Chen tempered six Divine Mansions to perfection and raised his Origin Energy foundation to thirty million Origin Energy Stars.
• Cangyuan asked whether Yaoyao had given Zhou Yuan the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, and she explained that Zhou Yuan had chosen it himself.
• Cangyuan told Yaoyao that the Holy Clan continued hunting her because her existence mattered to the Heaven Origin World.
• Mu Chen reassured Yaoyao that Cangyuan had protected her as someone close to him, then declared that he would become a god if necessary to stay by her side.
• Cangyuan gave Mu Chen the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s Saint’s Heart and warned him to keep it hidden from Law Domain Realm experts.
• Mu Chen asked Cangyuan whether Yaoyao would leave with him.

Cangyuan prepared to leave with Yaoyao because the Holy Clan was closing in, and he asked Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan to seek Ancestral Dragon treasures to strengthen her body. Before departing, he evolved Mu Chen’s Silver Soul, then delayed their departure until the next day.

• Cangyuan told Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan that Yaoyao had to stay with him to avoid the Holy Clan and asked them to gather the Ancestral Dragon Lamp and Ancestral Dragon Blood and Flesh for her.
• Mu Chen gave Cangyuan Silver Soul and the materials Yaoyao had prepared so he could evolve the battle puppet.
• Cangyuan completed Silver Soul’s evolution, adding the ability to absorb fused Source Qi’s properties and improving its combat power.
• Cangyuan told Yaoyao to prepare to leave, then agreed to wait until the next day when he saw how reluctant she was to part from Mu Chen.

Mu Chen and Yaoyao said goodbye before Cangyuan tried to send Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan away as the Holy Clan attacked. White lightning destabilized their spatial tunnel, separating Mu Chen from Zhou Yuan and leaving their destination uncertain.

• Mu Chen and Yaoyao shared an intimate farewell, and Yaoyao warned him not to be reckless while they were apart.
• The next day, Cangyuan told Mu Chen that he had sent Yaoyao away and began teleporting Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan as the Holy Clan arrived.
• Three Holy Clan Saints demanded that Cangyuan hand over Yaoyao, but Cangyuan escaped through a spatial vortex and they pursued him.
• White lightning disrupted Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan's spatial tunnel, and spatial turbulence began tearing at Zhou Yuan.
• Mu Chen gave Zhou Yuan some of his life force and marked him with a spatial coordinate before vanishing from the tunnel.

Mu Chen entered the Ancient Battlefield to seek Qing Zhi’s inheritance and help Little Marten rebuild his body, then reunited with Lin Dong during a clash between dynasties. After watching Lin Dong defeat Li Sheng, Mu Chen saw Lin Lang Tian leave, wary of Lin Dong and the power within him.

• Cang Xuan Ancestor analyzed the Ancient Battlefield’s energy and entered slumber while Mu Chen prepared to explore the space with Little Marten.
• Mu Chen found Lin Dong facing Li Sheng and offered to help, but Lin Dong declined and said he could handle the fight himself.
• Lin Lang Tian and Master Mu sensed that Mu Chen was dangerous, while Mu Chen and Little Marten detected a primordial spirit within Lin Lang Tian.
• Lin Dong overwhelmed Li Sheng, and Mu Chen praised Lin Dong’s talent, resolve, and ability to draw out his potential.
• Lin Dong killed Li Sheng and his companions, while Lin Lang Tian quietly left after recognizing that Lin Dong had grown stronger than him.

After Lin Lang Tian escaped, Lin Dong chose to continue growing on his own while Mu Chen sought the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill for Little Marten. Mu Chen found the pill, then entered the Azure Dragon Hall’s trial and endured its sea of lightning until an Azure Dragon appeared.

• Lin Dong learned Lin Lang Tian had escaped and vowed to kill him, then declined Mu Chen’s offer to travel together so he could pursue his own growth.
• Mu Chen went to the Four Xuan Sects’ ruins, where Little Marten identified the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill and took it for his future restoration.
• Mu Chen explored the ruins and entered the Azure Dragon Hall after finding its warning about a deadly trial and its promised inheritance.
• Mu Chen walked through the sea of lightning for ten days, enduring pain as the lightning strengthened his body.
• A colossal Azure Dragon emerged from the lightning sea and released a pressure that affected Mu Chen’s divine soul.

Mu Chen passed Qing Zhi’s trial and received the Azure Dragon Transformation Art, the Azure Dragon King’s inheritance. Qing Zhi learned that Mu Chen possessed two Ancestral Symbols and accepted him as a worthy inheritor.

• Little Marten recognized the Azure Dragon’s pure Dragon Clan bloodline, and Qing Zhi introduced himself as the Azure Dragon King.
• Qing Zhi explained that the Four Great Overlord Clans were strongest through their enduring legacies and agreed Mu Chen qualified to receive the Azure Dragon Hall’s inheritance.
• Qing Zhi challenged Mu Chen with an Azure Dragon formed from azure light, and Mu Chen stopped its charge with the Ancestral Symbol Hand.
• Qing Zhi discovered Mu Chen wielded the Devouring and Space Ancestral Symbols, then approved him as his inheritor.
• The azure light enveloped Mu Chen and transmitted the Azure Dragon Transformation Art to him.

Mu Chen received Qing Zhi’s Azure Dragon Transformation Art and Heavenly Dragon Qi, officially becoming his disciple. After Qing Zhi’s remnant vanished, Mu Chen prepared to guard Little Marten as he used the Dan River and Life and Death Reincarnation Pill to condense a physical body, then decided to refine the Lightning Ancestral Symbol next.

• Qing Zhi gave Mu Chen Heavenly Dragon Qi, allowing him to cultivate the Azure Dragon Transformation Art and strengthen his body.
• Mu Chen thanked Qing Zhi and accepted him as his teacher before Qing Zhi’s remnant vanished after revealing the Dan River he had left in the Azure Dragon Hall.
• The Cang Xuan Ancestor praised the inheritance, then withdrew to recover while Little Marten prepared to use the Dan River to condense a physical body.
• Little Marten swallowed the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill and formed an energy cocoon as the Dan River’s energy poured into him.
• Yan advised Mu Chen that the Lightning Ancestral Symbol would grant destructive power and speed, and Mu Chen chose to refine it after Little Marten recovered.

Little Marten condensed a new body in the Dan River, and Wu Dao invited Mu Chen to join the Dao Sect directly. Mu Chen accepted, while Little Marten chose to travel independently to recover his strength, leaving the two to part ways.

• After four months in the Dan River, Little Marten broke out of the Light Cocoon in his true Heavenly Demon Marten form.
• Wu Dao revealed himself to Mu Chen and advised Little Marten to conceal his identity because the Yuan Sect was hostile to Heavenly Demon Martens.
• Wu Dao invited Mu Chen to join the Dao Sect directly, and Mu Chen agreed that he would prefer that over entering the final Nirvana Golden Ranking battle.
• Little Marten returned to human form and told Mu Chen he would travel outside the Dao Sect to find resources for his recovery.
• Mu Chen and Little Marten prepared to part ways, and Mu Chen warned him to avoid discovery by the Yuan Sect.

After the Hundred Dynasties Great War ended, Mu Chen reunited with Ling Qingzhu, whose Supreme Induction Art reacted to his unusual aura. Ling Qingzhu invited him to the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace, drawing surprise and jealousy from the gathered geniuses.

• Mu Chen refined the Lightning Ancestral Symbol over two months and gained traces of the Immaculate Sacred Glazed Body.
• Lin Dong won the Hundred Dynasties Great War by killing Lin Lang Tian and thwarting the Western Xuan Region's plans.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived with the super sects, recognized Mu Chen, and recalled their encounter in the ancient tomb.
• The Cang Xuan Ancestor identified a faint trace of planar aura on Ling Qingzhu and suggested Mu Chen learn the Supreme Induction Art.
• Ling Qingzhu noticed that Mu Chen's aura stirred her Supreme Induction Art and invited him to visit the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace.

Mu Chen declined Ling Qingzhu’s invitation to join the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace and reaffirmed his promise to join the Dao Sect. Wu Dao brought Mu Chen and the other new disciples to the Dao Sect, where the halls prepared to recruit them.

• Ling Qingzhu invited Mu Chen to join the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace, but he declined because he had promised to join the Dao Sect.
• Mu Chen privately asked Ling Qingzhu to teach him the Supreme Induction Art, and she said she would consider it and discuss it when they met again.
• Mu Chen told Little Marten he would join the Dao Sect, and Little Marten said he would investigate whether the Heavenly Demon Marten Clan had a grudge against the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace.
• Wu Dao learned that Mu Chen and Ling Qingzhu had met in the Great Yan Dynasty, then led Mu Chen and the new disciples to the Dao Sect’s mountain domain.
• At the Hall Selection Stage, Wu Dao noticed the hall representatives preparing to recruit the new disciples and expected Mu Chen to choose the Desolate Hall.

Mu Chen met Ying Huanhuan at the Dao Sect’s Hall Selection Stage, where she sensed something familiar about him and learned that he had chosen the Desolate Hall. The chapter ended with Ying Huanhuan advising him not to expect much from the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Wu Dao brought the group to the Hall Selection Stage, where the deputy hall masters gathered to learn who had won the Hundred Dynasties Great War.
• Mu Chen sensed that Ying Huanhuan carried the Ice Lord’s reincarnated body, while Yan recognized her and worried that Mu Chen’s Ancestral Symbols might hasten her awakening.
• Ying Huanhuan noticed Mu Chen and asked his name, then learned that he had reached the Six Yuan Nirvana Realm and chosen the Desolate Hall.
• Ying Huanhuan asked why Mu Chen had not joined the Heaven Hall, but Mu Chen said he had already made an agreement with Wu Dao.
• Ying Huanhuan accepted Mu Chen’s choice and warned him that the Great Desolation Scripture had not been comprehended by anyone for nearly a century.

Mu Chen and Lin Dong joined the Desolate Hall, while Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao about meeting Mu Chen and said she believed he might comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture. Ying Xuanzi and a blue-robed elder worried that Mu Chen could hasten Ying Huanhuan’s awakening as a Reincarnator, but accepted that they could not prevent it.

• Ying Huanhuan left after asking Mu Chen his name, and Mu Chen joked with Wu Dao that she had noticed him because he was handsome.
• Mu Chen and Lin Dong arrived at the Desolate Hall, where Mu Chen accepted that he might receive fewer resources than Lin Dong.
• Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao about Mu Chen, and Ying Xiaoxiao grew curious about him.
• Ying Huanhuan said she felt Mu Chen might comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, and Ying Xuanzi overheard their conversation.
• Ying Xuanzi and a blue-robed elder discussed Ying Huanhuan’s Reincarnator nature and feared Mu Chen might accelerate her awakening.
• Ying Xuanzi decided they could not stop Ying Huanhuan from awakening, while the elder recalled her past frigid aura.

Mu Chen learned more about Ying Huanhuan’s connection to the Ice Lord and sensed that the Great Desolation Tablet was being eroded by a Yimo. He advanced his cultivation while considering the path to godhood, and the chapter ended with Ying Huanhuan visiting him again.

• Yan told Mu Chen that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Lord’s Reincarnation Rebirth Body and that Mu Chen’s Ancestral Symbols could accelerate her awakening.
• Yan revealed that the damaged Great Desolation Tablet was inside the Dao Sect and that Mu Chen could help destroy the Yimo eroding it.
• Mu Chen comprehended Desolation Energy from the Desolation Stone, impressing a blind old man with his talent.
• Mu Chen reached the seventh level of the Divine Mansion Realm with forty-three million Origin Energy Stars and asked Cang Xuan Ancestor whether reaching the limits of every realm could lead to godhood.
• After several months of tempering his foundation with Source Qi, Mu Chen heard Ying Huanhuan call to him from outside his door.

Mu Chen joined Ying Huanhuan and two Dao Sect disciples on a trip to Blood Rock Land, where a strange energy fluctuation had drawn Fire Crystal Demonic Apes to a mine. After meeting Yuan Fang, the group headed into the mine to investigate the suspected heavenly treasure.

• Ying Huanhuan invited Mu Chen to leave the sect with her, and he agreed.
• Mu Chen traveled with Ying Huanhuan and two disciples to Blood Rock Land, where he sensed a strange energy fluctuation near the mine.
• Ying Huanhuan introduced Mu Chen to Yuan Fang, who teased her about liking him.
• Yuan Fang explained that Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had recently disrupted mining operations, and Mu Chen confirmed that a heavenly treasure was likely attracting them.
• Ying Huanhuan offered to deal with the demonic beasts, and Yuan Fang led the group deeper into the mine to investigate.

Mu Chen and the Dao Sect group discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree in the Crimson Forest, only to be confronted by Yao Ling and the Demon Seal Cult. Mu Chen knocked Yao Ling unconscious with one punch, forcing the opposing factions to flee and leaving the tree in the Dao Sect’s hands.

• Mu Chen used Azure Dragon Roar to frighten away the Fire Crystal Demonic Apes and led the group to an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five fruits.
• Yao Ling arrived with more than a dozen Demon Seal Cult members and demanded that Yuan Fang hand over the tree.
• Ying Huanhuan planned to hold off the attackers while the others escaped, but Mu Chen stepped forward to face Yao Ling.
• Mu Chen struck Yao Ling with one punch, sending him into a crater and leaving him unconscious.
• The Demon Seal Cult members and the other factions fled after witnessing Mu Chen’s strength.

Mu Chen arranged for the Dao Sect to return the captured deserter Yao Ling to the Yuan Sect, humiliating the rival sect and earning praise from Wu Dao. After the Yuan Sect punished Yao Ling and the other super sects anticipated retaliation at the coming tournament, Mu Chen learned that Ying Xuanzi wanted to meet him.

• Mu Chen suggested that Yuan Fang take the captured Yao Ling back to the Dao Sect so the Dao Sect could deliver him to the Yuan Sect, and Yuan Fang sealed Yao Ling's cultivation.
• The Dao Sect returned with Yao Ling and the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, and Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao that Mu Chen had defeated Yao Ling with one punch.
• Ying Xiaoxiao said the Heaven Hall Master would deliver Yao Ling, and the next day he returned Yao Ling to the Yuan Sect while pointedly promising to return any future deserters.
• The Yuan Sect's three Great Sect Leaders ordered Yao Ling's cruelest punishment, while other super sects anticipated the Yuan Sect's retaliation against the Dao Sect at the upcoming tournament.
• Wu Dao praised Mu Chen and told him that Ying Xuanzi wanted to see him the next day to reward him.

Mu Chen met with Ying Xuanzi, who thanked him for helping the Dao Sect and gave him a Stillness Card before asking him to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture. When the Great Desolation Tablet opened, it let Mu Chen enter after sensing the ancient artifacts within him, leaving the Dao Sect elders and disciples astonished.

• Mu Chen arrived at Dao Peak with Wu Dao, where Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and the hostile Qing Ye were waiting for him.
• Ying Xuanzi examined Mu Chen's visible inheritances, thanked him for protecting Ying Huanhuan, and urged him to comprehend the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Ying Xuanzi gave Mu Chen a Stillness Card, an imitation divine artifact that could briefly freeze an opponent.
• More than twenty days later, the Great Desolation Tablet opened, and Yan advised Mu Chen to enter despite the strange aura the Cang Xuan Ancestor sensed.
• The Great Desolation Tablet opened for Mu Chen when he touched it, while Wu Dao and the others could only feel its cold surface.
• Ying Xuanzi speculated that Mu Chen's Ancestral Symbols had resonated with the tablet, though no one knew why it had admitted him.

Mu Chen entered the Great Desolation Tablet and joined forces with it to destroy the Yimo King using the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and other divine artifacts. With its long-held enemy gone, the Great Desolation Tablet agreed to follow Mu Chen as Huangwu and appeared to prepare the Great Desolation Scripture inheritance.

• Ying Huanhuan briefly sensed a familiar aura when Mu Chen touched her, while the others focused on the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Inside the tablet, Mu Chen and Yan found the Great Desolation Tablet being corroded by a Yimo King, and it recognized the aura of the Holy Clan.
• Mu Chen revealed the Universe Ancient Formation, the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols, and the Ancestral Stone, surprising the Great Desolation Tablet and frightening the Yimo King.
• The Great Desolation Tablet used the Universe Ancient Formation and the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols to erase the Yimo King completely.
• The Great Desolation Tablet thanked Mu Chen, agreed to follow him as Huangwu, and produced a person-sized stone tablet after Mu Chen asked about the Great Desolation Scripture inheritance.