Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen and Tuntun were mysteriously transported from the Heaven Origin World to the Heaven Xuan Continent, where they discovered that time passed differently and that Mu Chen could not return at will. The chapter ended as Mu Chen heard Lin Dong speaking about a spiritual medicine for his father's injuries.

• Tuntun visited Mu Chen for food, ate, and fell asleep beside him while Mu Chen rested.
• An ancient ripple made the Space Ancestral Symbol glow, and Mu Chen and Tuntun vanished from the general's residence.
• Mu Chen woke in a misty forest, found that the surrounding energy was Yuan Force rather than Source Qi, and realized he was on the Heaven Xuan Continent.
• Little Marten confirmed they were in the Eastern Xuan Region, and Mu Chen learned he could return only at an uncertain time and would die if killed there.
• Mu Chen reassured Tuntun that little time would pass in the Heaven Origin World and explained how he could disguise his Source Qi as Yuan Force.
• Mu Chen heard a young girl address Lin Dong and ask whether a spiritual medicine could help her father's injuries.

Mu Chen met Lin Dong and Qing Tan in Lin Family territory and offered to treat Lin Xiao’s injuries in exchange for a place to stay. After Mu Chen healed Lin Xiao, Lin Dong promised to repay him and resolved to grow stronger.

• Lin Dong shielded Qing Tan when he encountered Mu Chen and Tuntun, then introduced himself and his sister.
• Mu Chen told Lin Dong he could heal Lin Xiao and Qing Tan, and Lin Dong led him to his family’s home.
• Little Marten identified Qing Tan’s condition as the Fiend Demon Body, while Mu Chen clarified that he had only promised to treat Lin Xiao.
• Mu Chen gave Lin Xiao a drop of red liquid, causing him to expel black blood and recover from his hidden injury.
• Lin Xiao agreed to build Mu Chen a wooden house, and Lin Dong promised to help him someday.
• Lin Dong vowed to become stronger so he could take revenge on Lin Lang Tian.

Mu Chen learned that Qing Tan had a powerful Fiend Demon Body and explained how Lin Dong could help her develop it. Lin Dong resolved to grow stronger and find pure Yin Fiend treasures for his sister, while Mu Chen continued to consider Lin Dong’s future.

• Mu Chen noticed the Ancestral Symbols in his body resonating, and Tuntun shattered the small wooden house Lin Xiao had built for him after Mu Chen teased him about it being a doghouse.
• Mu Chen told Lin Dong that Qing Tan had a Fiend Demon Body and needed a treasure containing pure Yin Fiend Qi to condense a Fiend Demon Yin Pill.
• Lin Dong told Lin Xiao and the others about Qing Tan’s constitution, and Qing Tan tried to reassure her family that they need not worry about her.
• Lin Dong vowed to find the required treasure and become stronger, while Lin Xiao urged him to thank Mu Chen for his help.

Mu Chen found a map of the Ancestral Symbols and decided to seek the Devouring Ancestral Symbol in the Great Yan Dynasty, hoping to fuse it with his own. Back in Qingyang Town, he helped suppress Qing Tan’s Yin Fiend Qi eruption, leaving her family relieved and Qing Tan determined to repay his kindness.

• Mu Chen found the locations of the Devouring and Lightning Ancestral Symbols in the Symbol Master Tower and told Little Marten he planned to obtain the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Mu Chen returned to Qingyang Town, where Lin Dong asked him to help Qing Tan during her Yin Fiend Qi outbreak.
• Tuntun devoured some of Qing Tan’s Yin Fiend Qi, and Mu Chen used the Ancestral Stone to calm the rest and form three fifth-grade Yin Pearls.
• Mu Chen gave Lin Dong two Yin Pearls and kept one for Tuntun before leaving.
• Qing Tan woke after the cold qi receded, learned what Mu Chen had done, and silently resolved to repay his kindness.

Mu Chen refined the Space Ancestral Symbol, passed its trial, and gained control over spatial power. After his cultivation and soul improved, he demonstrated short-distance spatial traversal and asked Tuntun to help him later.

• Mu Chen went alone to a mountaintop and refined the Space Ancestral Symbol while Little Marten sensed a familiar aura from it.
• Mu Chen merged his consciousness with space, passed the symbol's trial, and returned to his body.
• Mu Chen's cultivation rose to the peak of the Qi Nourishing Realm, and his soul advanced to Void Realm Great Perfection.
• Mu Chen used the Space Ancestral Symbol to appear beside Tuntun and explained that he could traverse short distances through space.
• Mu Chen asked Tuntun to help him later and promised to compensate it, and Tuntun raised its paw for a high-five.

Mu Chen arrived in Great Desolation Commandery to seek the Devouring Ancestral Symbol before the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet opened. While exploring Great Puppet City, he found an unusual item in Treasure Pavilion that Little Marten had sensed.

• Mu Chen learned that the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet would open soon and planned to enter before the Yin Puppet Sect could take the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Little Marten warned Mu Chen about the ancient ruins’ deadly formations, and Mu Chen said he could escape with the Space Ancestral Symbol.
• Mu Chen reached Great Puppet City, rested at an inn, and went out to explore while Little Marten asked him to buy demon spirits.
• Mu Chen entered Treasure Pavilion, where Boss Luo explained that the Martial Alliance would reclaim his shop because he could no longer pay the rent.
• After buying twenty demon spirits, Mu Chen followed Little Marten’s directions through the shop and spotted an unusual item that delighted him.

Mu Chen recognized an ancient cushion as the Universe Ancient Formation and bought it for a fraction of its true value. He then gathered information about the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet, where he planned to seek the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and might face the Yin Puppet Sect.

• Boss Luo explained that the cushion could nourish spiritual power and offered it to Mu Chen for ten thousand Pure Origin Pills.
• Little Marten urged Mu Chen to buy the cushion, and Mu Chen identified it as the incomplete Universe Ancient Formation, an extraordinarily valuable Ancient Divine Artifact.
• Mu Chen bought the cushion and several other treasures, leaving Boss Luo delighted with the sale.
• Mu Chen and Little Marten discussed the cushion's origins and agreed to gather information about the Ancient Tablet space.
• Mu Chen learned that Form Creation Realm experts were the weakest cultivators likely to enter the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and discussed how he and Tuntun might handle enemies.

Mu Chen discovered that the Spirit Gathering Mat contained a formation capable of fusing Source Qi and Soul Power into a powerful energy he named Origin God Power. After successfully activating it, he realized the formation could become a valuable combat technique as his cultivation and soul realm advanced.

• Mu Chen tested the Spirit Gathering Mat, but sitting on it only made his soul feel cool and refreshed, so Little Marten began studying its runes.
• The next day, Little Marten told Mu Chen to pour Source Qi and Soul Power into the mat in equal amounts and at the same time.
• On his thirty-third attempt, Mu Chen activated the formation and produced a chaos-colored bead of fused energy.
• Little Marten explained that the formation fused the two powers into an energy stronger than either alone and suggested Mu Chen might eventually learn to fuse them within his body.
• Mu Chen named the fused energy Origin God Power, confirmed he could control it, and noted that using it drained him.
• Little Marten praised Mu Chen’s bargain, saying the Spirit Gathering Mat could be worth millions of Pure Origin Pills to people who understood its power.

Mu Chen arrived at the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet as its seal began to weaken, intending to reach the Devouring Ancestral Symbol before the Yin Puppet Sect. When the entrance opened, he plunged into the Ancient Tablet Space.

• Mu Chen and Little Marten discussed the dangers inside the ancient ruins and planned to use the Space Ancestral Symbol to seize the initiative.
• Mu Chen saw Teng Sha, the Yin Puppet Sect Master, and assessed how Tuntun and Little Marten could help oppose his forces.
• Teng Sha sensed a faint warning of danger as the runes on the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet began to fade.
• The runes vanished, and a vast energy vortex formed on the ancient tablet, opening the entrance to the Ancient Tablet Space.
• Crowds rushed toward the entrance, and Mu Chen flew into the vortex while Tuntun clung to his head.

Mu Chen followed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s guidance into an ancient sect ruin, where Teng Sha and the Yin Puppet Sect were trying to break through the defenses around the symbol. Mu Chen concealed his presence near the altar and watched for a chance to act.

• Mu Chen arrived in the Ancient Tablet Space, escaped a giant sandworm, and used the Devouring Qi to locate the core region.
• Mu Chen found fresh footprints at an ancient sect ruin and followed them inside, guided by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Mu Chen navigated the maze and descended through a cavern filled with damaged Symbol Puppets.
• Mu Chen used spatial travel to pass through the Nine Nether Cold Qi and reached the altar below.
• Mu Chen spotted Teng Sha attacking the rune barrier, concealed his aura, and waited as the weakening formation neared collapse.

Mu Chen stole the Devouring Ancestral Symbol after Teng Sha exhausted himself breaking its formation, then escaped using the Space Ancestral Symbol. Black-Eyed Elder's memory remnant appeared afterward and hoped the symbol had found a worthy owner who would protect heaven and earth.

• Teng Sha bombarded the ancient formation until its runes faded and the barrier broke, exposing the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Mu Chen reached through space, seized the symbol, and provoked Teng Sha before hiding as Teng Sha chased after him.
• Mu Chen decided not to contact Black-Eyed Elder's memory remnant and planned to have Yaoyao examine the seal after he returned to the Heaven Origin World.
• Mu Chen left the ruins with the Space Ancestral Symbol while Teng Sha searched elsewhere for the thief.
• Black-Eyed Elder's memory remnant appeared on the pillar, lamented the symbol's departure, and hoped its new owner would be worthy and oppose the Yimo.

Mu Chen watched Teng Sha mistake a Martial Alliance elder for the person who had stolen the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, then defeated a group of treasure hunters who tried to rob him. After learning about the Creation Martial Tablet, Mu Chen decided to go see it.

• Mu Chen saw Teng Sha attack Wu Shi in a rage, and left while Wu Shi had the advantage in their fight.
• Five unaffiliated cultivators blocked Mu Chen and demanded his treasures, but he used Heavenly Abyss to kill four and sever the leader’s arm.
• Mu Chen forced the surviving leader to reveal that the major factions were seeking the Creation Martial Tablet, then let him flee.
• Mu Chen said the wounded man might fall prey to hungry ancient demonic beasts and decided to visit the Creation Martial Tablet.

Mu Chen claimed one of the ten seats at the Creation Martial Tablet by intimidating the crowd with a show of strength. After the tablet drew his soul inside, he ignored its lesser martial arts and followed Little Marten deeper into the starry realm to search for the Tablet Soul.

• Little Marten explained that disciples gained insight from record-type treasures through their contributions and comprehension, and Mu Chen discussed the rarity and power of Creation Martial Arts.
• Mu Chen reached the plaza, saw the ten meditation cushions before the Creation Martial Tablet, and claimed one by cutting a ravine through the ground and warning off challengers.
• Mu Chen asked Tuntun to guard his body, then let the tablet pull his soul into its vortex as the ten seated disciples began receiving its inheritance.
• Mu Chen entered a starry realm filled with martial arts and, at Little Marten's urging, moved deeper to search for the Tablet Soul.

Mu Chen used the Ancestral Stone to reach the Creation Martial Tablet’s Tablet Soul and gained two powerful Creation Martial Arts. The tablet’s manifestation announced his achievement to the others, who congratulated him.

• Mu Chen used the Ancestral Stone’s light to bypass the Creation Martial Tablet’s repulsive force and reach the Tablet Soul.
• Mu Chen entered the tablet’s martial arts inheritance space, where he and Little Marten discovered many Creation Martial Arts.
• Mu Chen received the Great Desolation Prison Finger and Great Desolation Heaven Splitting Slash, along with the techniques and insights of their past masters.
• The Creation Martial Tablet erupted with black radiance, revealing that Mu Chen had comprehended a Creation Martial Art.
• The Huangpu Family youth congratulated Mu Chen, and Mu Chen replied that a Creation Martial Art’s power depended on its user.

After leaving the Ancient Tablet Space with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and two Creation Martial Arts, Mu Chen spent more than a year consolidating his cultivation while Tuntun missed Yaoyao. Mu Chen then told Lin Dong about a Nirvana Realm expert’s ancient tomb, where Lin Dong hoped to obtain a spiritual herb for Qing Tan, but he refused to let her join the dangerous expedition.

• Mu Chen saw Teng Sha leave the Ancient Tablet Space empty-handed and later departed with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and two Creation Martial Arts.
• More than a year later, Mu Chen comforted Tuntun, which missed Yaoyao and worried about being scolded when they returned.
• Mu Chen praised Lin Dong’s progress to minor completion of the Primal Core Realm and urged him to keep working toward surpassing Lin Lang Tian.
• Mu Chen told Lin Dong that a Nirvana Realm expert’s cave residence had been found in the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range, with a spiritual herb that could help Qing Tan condense a Saber Devil Yin Pill.
• Lin Dong vowed to obtain the herb for Qing Tan, but refused when she asked to accompany him to the tomb.

Mu Chen and Tuntun reached the Ancient Tomb Manor and watched the gathered clan geniuses await the arrival of Ling Qingzhu. The chapter ended with Mu Chen and Little Marten recognizing her as an extraordinary Creation Realm expert from a super sect.

• Mu Chen and Tuntun traveled through the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range and reached the mountain containing the Ancient Tomb Manor.
• Mu Chen spotted Lin Dong among the Lin Family group and discussed his rapid progress with Little Marten.
• Lin Lang Tian arrived on a crimson eagle, followed by Wang Yan and Qin Shi, and said they were waiting for someone more formidable.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived standing on a Green Lotus, and Little Marten identified her as an exceptional prodigy from a super sect.

Mu Chen joined the prodigies outside the Ancient Tomb Manor, introduced himself to Ling Qingzhu, and broke the manor’s seal with his Great Desolation Prison Finger. After the others rushed inside, Mu Chen stayed behind to ask Ling Qingzhu an awkward question about her bare feet.

• Mu Chen asked Little Marten whether Ling Qingzhu or Yaoyao was more outstanding, and Little Marten admitted that Yaoyao was beyond his ability to fathom.
• Mu Chen left Tuntun behind and approached the prodigies, introducing himself as Mu Chen from the Vast Continent and telling Ling Qingzhu that he had come to get acquainted with her.
• Lin Lang Tian grew hostile toward Mu Chen and urged the group to attack the Ancient Tomb Manor’s seal.
• Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Lin Lang Tian struck the seal together, but their combined attacks only weakened it.
• Mu Chen used the Great Desolation Prison Finger to shatter the weakened barrier, and Lin Lang Tian and the others rushed into the manor.
• Mu Chen stayed with Ling Qingzhu and asked whether she walked barefoot after leaving her Green Lotus.

Mu Chen reached the Ancient Tomb Manor’s core and found a Nirvana Heart, which Ling Qingzhu wanted to obtain. He warned her that the heart could trigger a dangerous backlash and demanded a Creation-grade movement martial art in exchange, leaving Ling Qingzhu flustered by his blunt remarks.

• Mu Chen teased Ling Qingzhu before entering the Ancient Tomb Manor, and Little Marten and Tuntun reacted to his boldness.
• Mu Chen followed the formation’s hidden path through the sea of fire and reached the tomb’s central hall before anyone else.
• Mu Chen discovered a Nirvana Heart, and Ling Qingzhu arrived and asked him to give it to her.
• Mu Chen pointed out the coffin inscription warning that the heart required harmonized Yin and Yang, then asked Ling Qingzhu for a Creation-grade movement martial art in exchange.
• Ling Qingzhu challenged Mu Chen about his intentions, and he admitted his desire while saying he was too young to act on it; she was left embarrassed and unsettled.

Mu Chen exchanged the Supreme Purity Sky-Roaming Steps for Ling Qingzhu’s Nirvana Heart, then used the Ancestral Stone to turn it into five Nirvana Heart Pills and shared them with Ling Qingzhu, Tuntun, and Lin Dong. After Lin Dong learned how to help Qing Tan and received a pill, silver light surrounded Mu Chen and his figure began to fade.

• Ling Qingzhu gave Mu Chen the Supreme Purity Sky-Roaming Steps, and Mu Chen transformed the Nirvana Heart into five Nirvana Heart Pills.
• Mu Chen gave pills to Ling Qingzhu and Tuntun, and Ling Qingzhu swallowed one to cultivate.
• Lin Lang Tian, Qin Shi, and Wang Yan entered the stone hall, learned the Nirvana Heart was gone, and left.
• Lin Dong arrived wounded after obtaining the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva, and Mu Chen advised him on helping Qing Tan safely cultivate her Fiend Demon Body.
• Ling Qingzhu invited Qing Tan to join the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace, and Mu Chen gave Lin Dong a Nirvana Heart Pill.
• Silver light surrounded Mu Chen, and his figure began to fade.

Mu Chen returned to the Heaven Origin World after refining the Space Ancestral Symbol on the Heaven Xuan Continent, leaving Ling Qingzhu with her veil and a promise to meet again. Back with Yaoyao and Su Youwei, he explained his sudden disappearance and discussed his breakthrough before preparing for the trip to the Black Abyss.

• Mu Chen teased Ling Qingzhu before removing her veil, then vanished as he returned to the Heaven Origin World with the veil in hand.
• Ling Qingzhu covered her face with another veil and left the stone hall, unsettled by Mu Chen’s effect on her.
• Mu Chen reunited with Tuntun and learned that ten days had passed in the Heaven Origin World while they spent over a year on the Heaven Xuan Continent.
• Yaoyao questioned Mu Chen and Tuntun about their absence, then let the matter go after Mu Chen offered her wine.
• Mu Chen told Yaoyao he had refined the Space Ancestral Symbol and gained a rapid cultivation increase from its feedback.
• Su Youwei said the group would leave for the Black Abyss in a few days, and Yaoyao warned Mu Chen not to become careless.