Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen defeated Lu Feng and secured first place in the Mountain Selection Ceremony, while the sect leaders discussed recruiting Mu Chen and Yaoyao. Sect Master Qing Yang restored the disciples and asked Mu Chen which of the seven peaks he wished to join.

• Mu Chen asked Lu Feng if he still wanted to fight, and Lu Feng conceded after recognizing that he could not win.
• Mu Chen told Lu Feng that the top three places were already taken, so Lu Feng claimed a platform from one of his underlings instead.
• Sect leaders praised Mu Chen's physical strength and began competing to recruit him, while the white-browed elder considered recruiting Yaoyao.
• Sect Master Qing Yang restored the disciples' Source Qi and injuries, then announced that the top ten could choose their peaks and become Golden Sash Disciples.
• Sect Master Qing Yang asked Mu Chen, the ceremony's first-place winner, which peak he wanted to join.

After the Mountain Selection Ceremony, Mu Chen turned down generous offers from the other peaks and chose the declining Sacred Origin Peak, citing his gratitude to the Cang Xuan Ancestor. Jiang Leijun suspected Mu Chen might be searching for the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal, though he could not understand Mu Chen’s motives.

• Liu Lianyi, Gu Tianhong, and other Peak Masters competed to recruit Mu Chen, offering him exceptional resources and opportunities.
• Jiang Leijun objected that the Peak Masters’ offers violated sect rules, and Sect Master Qing Yang told Mu Chen to choose freely while promising his ceremony reward.
• Mu Chen chose Sacred Origin Peak because he had received a gift from the Cang Xuan Ancestor and wanted to help revive the peak.
• Liu Lianyi offered to support Mu Chen within the rules, and Sect Master Qing Yang approved his choice.
• Lu Feng was astonished that Mu Chen had voluntarily joined Sacred Origin Peak, while Jiang Leijun wondered if Mu Chen was seeking the Azure Xuan Sacred Seal.

After winning the Mountain Selection Ceremony, Mu Chen received a Heaven Origin Art and chose Sacred Origin Peak, while Yaoyao and Zhou Yuan made their own arrangements. The top ten selected peaks, and the remaining disciples awaited their assignments.

• Jiang Leijun decided to watch Mu Chen and see whether he went to meet Sect Master Qing Yang.
• Sect Master Qing Yang rewarded Mu Chen with the Low-grade Heaven Origin Art, the Heaven Sun Divine Record.
• Old Man Tianshu offered Yaoyao the future position of Spirit Pattern Peak Master, but she chose to join Sacred Origin Peak with Mu Chen.
• Sect Master Qing Yang allowed Yaoyao to live at Sacred Origin Peak while visiting Spirit Pattern Peak to study its Source Rune texts.
• Zhou Yuan chose Cang Xuan Peak and asked permission to visit Sacred Origin Peak, which Sect Master Qing Yang granted outside cultivation time.
• The remaining nine thousand-plus disciples waited for the Peak Masters to assign them to peaks.

Zhou Yuan and the other successful disciples entered the Inner Mountain and reached their assigned peaks. At Sacred Origin Peak, Mu Chen discovered that the old man sweeping the main peak was a powerful expert who guarded a hidden Sacred Mark.

• Three days after the Mountain Selection Ceremony, Zhou Yuan and Shen Wanjin prepared to enter Cang Xuan Peak, while Mu Chen and the others headed for Sacred Origin Peak.
• The guides brought more than nine thousand new disciples into the Inner Mountain, where Mu Chen saw Saint Son Peak and resolved to become one of the Top Ten Saint Sons.
• Fang Zheng led the Sacred Origin Peak disciples to its main peak, where they bowed to the old sweeper, Elder Xuan.
• Mu Chen sensed that the second Sacred Mark was hidden within the misty main peak and offered Elder Xuan a bottle of wine.
• Elder Xuan accepted Mu Chen's wine and privately recognized his talent and resemblance to his former master.

Mu Chen joined Sacred Origin Peak and learned how its sealed main peak could be opened, then confronted Sword Come Peak’s disciples as they tried to recruit Sacred Origin Peak’s newcomers. The chapter ended with Wu Gang challenging Mu Chen to a fight.

• Mu Chen asked Fang Zheng how to lift the main peak’s seal and said he would take on the task of retrieving the Peak Master Seal.
• Shen Taiyuan introduced Sacred Origin Peak’s teaching elders, while Lu Hong arrived from Sword Come Peak to pursue the Peak Master Seal.
• Wu Gang urged disciples to join Lu Hong’s line and invited Mu Chen to join, insulting Sacred Origin Peak in the process.
• Mu Chen mocked Wu Gang and bluntly questioned Lu Hong’s willingness to teach him, prompting Lu Hong to threaten him but not attack.
• Wu Gang challenged Mu Chen to fight, expecting his higher cultivation to give him the advantage.

Mu Chen defeated Wu Gang, a stronger Golden Sash Disciple, and Shen Taiyuan accepted him into his lineage. Shen Taiyuan secured Mu Chen the last Purple Origin Cave Mansion, leaving rival disciples resentful and likely to challenge him.

• Lu Yan objected when Wu Gang challenged Mu Chen despite their difference in cultivation, but Wu Gang insisted their status was equal.
• Mu Chen absorbed Wu Gang's attack with his Devouring Qi and punched him away, surprising the watching disciples and Shen Taiyuan.
• Shen Taiyuan made Mu Chen a disciple of his lineage and gave him a Golden Sash.
• Shen Taiyuan challenged Lu Hong to produce a Golden Sash Disciple who could defeat Mu Chen, and Lu Hong yielded the final Purple Origin Cave Mansion to Mu Chen.
• Shen Taiyuan gave Mu Chen the cave mansion's token and warned him that Golden Sash Disciples might challenge him, but Mu Chen said he would welcome them.

Mu Chen claimed the Purple Origin Cave Mansion and settled in with Yaoyao, who took over its medicinal garden. He decided to focus on cultivation and wait until after the upcoming Origin Marrow Baptism before attempting to refine the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol.

• Mu Chen and Yaoyao reached the Purple Origin Cave Mansion, and Mu Chen used his token to open it.
• Yaoyao explored the spacious cave mansion, claimed its medicinal garden, and told Mu Chen to drive off anyone who challenged his ownership.
• Mu Chen began cultivating with the cave mansion's rich Heavenly Source Qi and considered selling the Heaven Sun Divine Record because his Great Desolation Prison Finger was stronger.
• Mu Chen chose the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol as his next refinement target but decided to wait until after the Origin Marrow Baptism.

Yaoyao prepared a jade slip for Zhou Yuan with the materials needed to inscribe the Great Dragon Subduing Pattern and suppress his Resentful Dragon Poison. At Sacred Origin Peak’s morning lesson, Mu Chen used the Primordial Rock and a prayer mat to draw in Primordial Energy for 10,200 breaths, setting a new record and giving Shen Taiyuan hope for the peak’s future.

• Yaoyao gave Mu Chen a jade slip listing the rare materials Zhou Yuan needed to inscribe the Great Dragon Subduing Pattern and suppress his Resentful Dragon Poison.
• Mu Chen agreed to pass the jade slip to Zhou Yuan, who would need to gather the materials while cultivating at Cang Xuan Peak.
• Shen Taiyuan began the morning lesson and used the Primordial Rock and the prayer mats to enhance the disciples’ soul cultivation.
• Mu Chen drew in Primordial Energy past seven thousand breaths and continued until he reached 10,200 breaths, surpassing the Primordial Wall’s record.
• Shen Taiyuan saw Mu Chen’s result as a sign that he might help Sacred Origin Peak rise and undo the seal on its main peak.

After Mu Chen set a record during his first morning lesson, he spoke privately with Elder Xuan about the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s mission to find the Sacred Marks and the traitor in the Cang Xuan Sect. Elder Xuan agreed to reveal the fourth Sacred Mark’s location once Mu Chen gathered three, while Yaoyao warned him to avoid drawing suspicion.

• Shen Taiyuan praised Mu Chen for claiming the top spot on the Primordial Wall after transporting Primordial Energy during the morning lesson.
• Mu Chen told Elder Xuan that the Cang Xuan Ancestor had revealed a traitor was hidden within the Cang Xuan Sect, but did not name Jiang Leijun.
• Elder Xuan confirmed that Mu Chen needed to become Chief Disciple to break the seal on Sacred Origin Peak and obtain the second Sacred Mark.
• Elder Xuan promised to tell Mu Chen where the fourth Sacred Mark was after Mu Chen possessed three, and warned him not to openly use Sacred Marks around Qing Yang and the others.
• Yaoyao told Mu Chen that Elder Xuan was the Cang Xuan Ancestor’s loyal safeguard and advised him not to visit too often, lest the traitor grow suspicious.

Mu Chen’s record-breaking time on the Primordial Wall drew reactions across the Cang Xuan Sect, while Yuan Hong remained confident ahead of the chief disciple contest. Mu Chen received two places in the Origin Marrow Baptism, one for himself and one for Yaoyao.

• Lu Yan and Lu Song discussed Mu Chen’s ten thousand-breath record and marveled at his powerful soul.
• Lu Hong warned Yuan Hong not to fail in the year-end chief disciple contest, and Yuan Hong said Mu Chen’s record would not overcome their cultivation gap.
• Zhou Yuan discussed Mu Chen’s record with Shen Wanjin and reflected on his own seven thousand breaths.
• Mu Chen asked Yaoyao about her strength, and she estimated she was around the Primordial Realm Late Stage while explaining that she relied on Soul Power and source patterns.
• Shen Taiyuan gave Mu Chen two Origin Marrow Baptism tokens, one for Yaoyao, and advised him to ask Zhou Tai about the experience.

Mu Chen, Yaoyao, and Tuntun went to the Cang Xuan Sect’s Origin Pool for the Origin Marrow Baptism, where they met Zhou Yuan and learned how the Dragon Origin Marrow was obtained. The chapter left Zhou Yuan with a new task: finding rare materials for an Origin Pattern that could suppress the Resentful Dragon Poison.

• Mu Chen gave Yaoyao his Origin Marrow Baptism token, and she accepted it despite having no interest in White Brow’s offer to join Spirit Pattern Peak.
• Mu Chen, Yaoyao, and Tuntun headed to the Origin Pool, and Yaoyao used a Fourth-grade Origin Pattern to scorch several disciples who stared at her.
• Zhou Tai explained that the Origin Pool lay above the Cang Xuan Sect’s Origin Dragon Vein and that disciples had to hunt water beasts for Dragon Origin Marrow to earn a higher-ranked baptism.
• Zhou Yuan told Mu Chen and Yaoyao that Sect Master Qing Yang had granted him a baptism opportunity after he broke a record while transporting Primordial Energy.
• Mu Chen gave Zhou Yuan a jade slip containing an Origin Pattern that could suppress the Resentful Dragon Poison, and Zhou Yuan was dismayed by the rare materials it required.

Zhou Yuan accepted the Great Dragon Subduing Pattern as a way to deal with the Resentful Dragon Poison and learned that Yaoyao could help inscribe it once he found the materials. At the Origin Pool gathering, several Top Ten Saint Sons appeared, and Yaoyao said she could hold her own against them in a one-on-one fight.

• Zhou Yuan put away the Great Dragon Subduing Pattern, and Yaoyao told him that reaching the third level of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture would also subdue the poison.
• Mu Chen suggested Zhou Yuan ask Gu Hongyi for help obtaining the pattern’s source materials, then teased him about being her boyfriend.
• Li Qingchan of Snow Lotus Peak, Kong Sheng of Sword Come Peak, and another Saint Son arrived at the gathering, drawing the disciples’ attention.
• Yaoyao said she would not lose to a Saint Son in a one-on-one battle, and Lu Yan noted that she could contend for the Thousand-Zhang Water Beast.
• Mu Chen jokingly asked Yaoyao for food, while the other disciples recognized that the Thousand-Zhang Water Beast was beyond their reach.

Mu Chen entered the Origin Pool with Yaoyao to gather Dragon Origin Marrow and discovered he could absorb its crystals directly. After finding few water beasts, he took a jade slip carrying the Ancestral Dragon Scripture’s aura and Tuntun to lure more, while Yaoyao secured their shore with an Origin Pattern barrier.

• The Origin Pool opened, and Mu Chen and Yaoyao entered after Zhou Tai warned that each disciple would have to gather Dragon Origin Marrow for themselves.
• Mu Chen found and killed a two-hundred-zhang water beast, then tested devouring its Dragon Origin Marrow Crystal and confirmed he could refine it directly.
• After half an hour of finding only a few water beasts, Mu Chen returned to Yaoyao, who explained that dragon qi could attract them.
• Yaoyao gave Mu Chen a jade slip that retained some of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture’s aura to draw water beasts closer.
• Yaoyao set up a peak fourth-grade Origin Pattern barrier around their area and sent Tuntun with Mu Chen to help gather Dragon Origin Marrow.

Mu Chen and Tuntun used Yaoyao’s bait to hunt large water beasts for Dragon Origin Marrow, while Zhou Yuan was overwhelmed by beasts drawn to the dragon aura from his Ancestral Dragon Scripture. The chapter left Zhou Yuan suspecting that his dragon aura was attracting the relentless pursuers as he entered the seawater again with his Source Qi concealed.

• Mu Chen and Tuntun split up to hunt water beasts, and Mu Chen used the Space Blade to kill an eight-hundred-zhang beast and claim its valuable Dragon Origin Marrow Crystal.
• Mu Chen persuaded Tuntun to carry him to another area by offering it half the crystal, and they later killed several more eight-hundred-zhang water beasts without finding a thousand-zhang beast.
• Zhou Yuan fled from the ever-growing swarm of water beasts, including seven-hundred-zhang and eight-hundred-zhang beasts, after realizing he could not kill them all.
• Zhou Yuan deduced that the Ancestral Dragon Scripture’s dragon aura might be attracting the beasts, concealed his Source Qi, and entered the seawater again.

Mu Chen and Tuntun collected a huge haul of Dragon Origin Marrow Crystals before Mu Chen accidentally encountered Li Qingchan at her hidden hot spring. Their argument turned into a fight, and Mu Chen revealed his Devour World technique before Li Qingchan evaded it with the Shadow Immortal Art.

• Mu Chen and Tuntun divided their Dragon Origin Marrow Crystals, leaving Mu Chen to store Tuntun's share for later.
• Mu Chen and Tuntun found a hot spring, where Li Qingchan arrived and caught Mu Chen holding her sash.
• Mu Chen insisted he had entered the valley by mistake and turned Li Qingchan's accusation back on her.
• Li Qingchan challenged Mu Chen, who unleashed Devour World against her.
• Li Qingchan escaped the attack with the Shadow Immortal Art and appeared on the mountain peak above Mu Chen.

Mu Chen clashed with Li Qingchan after trespassing in her private hot spring, revealing strength that matched her Heaven Origin Art. He fled her pursuit across the sea as Zhou Yuan headed toward them.

• Li Qingchan escaped Mu Chen’s Devour World, and they left the forbidden grounds so other disciples would not catch them fighting there.
• Li Qingchan recognized Mu Chen as the Mountain Selection Ceremony’s first-place winner and attacked him with the Snow Lotus Spirit Sealing Art.
• Mu Chen countered with the Great Desolation Prison Finger, and their attacks clashed evenly, drawing the attention of nearby disciples.
• Mu Chen fled with the Supreme Purity Sky-Roaming Steps after saying he would bring someone else to Li Qingchan’s hot spring, and she chased him in anger.
• Zhou Yuan noticed the chase and followed Mu Chen and Li Qingchan while Mu Chen called on Tuntun to help fend her off.

Mu Chen returned to Yaoyao after fleeing Li Qingchan, and the three argued over Li Qingchan’s accidental encounter with Mu Chen bathing. Yaoyao and Li Qingchan prepared to fight over access to a hot spring while Zhou Yuan and Mu Chen watched, and Mu Chen proposed using Zhou Yuan to lure powerful aquatic beasts for Dragon Origin Marrow.

• Li Qingchan chased Mu Chen until he crashed into Yaoyao’s Origin Pattern barrier, which Yaoyao then removed.
• Mu Chen accused Li Qingchan of peeping at him bathing, and Yaoyao demanded the hot spring as compensation.
• Li Qingchan challenged Yaoyao to defeat her for the right to use the hot spring, and the two readied their powers.
• Zhou Yuan arrived and watched with Mu Chen as Yaoyao and Li Qingchan confronted each other.
• Mu Chen asked how much Dragon Origin Marrow Zhou Yuan had collected and suggested using his dragon aura to lure stronger aquatic beasts.

Mu Chen proposed that Li Qingchan cooperate with his group to hunt Thousand-Zhang Water Beasts and secure an Eight Dragon Baptism for Zhou Yuan. Li Qingchan agreed to join them in her chief disciple territory, with Yaoyao and Mu Chen helping her fight the beasts Zhou Yuan lured out.

• Elder Miao arrived and found Li Qingchan and Yaoyao about to fight, but Li Qingchan explained that they were only getting acquainted.
• Li Qingchan confirmed that Kong Sheng and Ye Ge had interfered with her hunt for a Thousand-Zhang Water Beast.
• Mu Chen proposed that Zhou Yuan lure out the beasts while Li Qingchan, Yaoyao, and Mu Chen killed them for their respective baptisms.
• Zhou Yuan agreed that he could attract Thousand-Zhang Water Beasts but admitted he could not fight one, so Mu Chen promised to accompany and protect him.
• Li Qingchan agreed to cooperate and let the group hunt in her chief disciple territory.

Zhou Yuan unleashed his Source Qi to draw water beasts toward Mu Chen and Tuntun, while Yaoyao and Li Qingchan waited nearby. The Thousand-Zhang Water Beast escaped Kong Sheng and Ye Ge’s trap after being drawn toward Zhou Yuan’s group, leaving the two Saint Sons searching for it.

• Yaoyao declined Li Qingchan’s offer to drink and assured her that Zhou Yuan would draw out the Thousand-Zhang Water Beasts.
• Zhou Yuan released his Source Qi at full strength, attracting countless water beasts as Mu Chen and Tuntun fought them.
• Yaoyao sensed the gathering water beasts, and Li Qingchan saw the enormous swarm charging toward Zhou Yuan’s group.
• Kong Sheng drove a Thousand-Zhang Water Beast toward Ye Ge’s waiting formation, but it abruptly changed direction and fled.
• Kong Sheng and Ye Ge lost the beast’s trail, then decided to search for it before giving up.

Mu Chen’s group lured four Thousand-Zhang Water Beasts into Yaoyao’s Origin Pattern barrier and began fighting them. Mu Chen demonstrated the Universe Ancient Formation’s power by instantly decomposing one beast, while Li Qingchan and Tuntun battled the others.

• Mu Chen drew an increasing swarm of water beasts, including four Thousand-Zhang Water Beasts, while Zhou Yuan and the others watched.
• Yaoyao activated her prepared Origin Patterns and trapped the beasts in a barrier, then Mu Chen assigned the fighters to attack.
• Mu Chen sent Zhou Yuan out of the barrier and used the Universe Ancient Formation’s Decomposition Power to destroy one Thousand-Zhang Water Beast in a single strike.
• Li Qingchan recovered from her shock and fought two beasts, while Tuntun battled another and Mu Chen collected the Dragon Origin Marrow Crystal.