Chapter Summaries

The Ghost Race Great Emperor tried to bind Mu Qing to the Life Ancient Tree and possess his body, but the Moon God Lamp and Mu Qing’s World Serpent devoured his soul. Mu Qing survived with the Tree’s vitality inside his Demon Heart and found the Life Ancient Tree forest reduced to ruins, with a jade-like sprout beside the Great Emperor’s corpse.

• The Ghost Race Great Emperor bound Mu Qing with branches and pierced his heart, forcing the Life Ancient Tree’s vitality into him.
• The Ghost Race Great Emperor entered Mu Qing’s mind to seize his body, but the Moon God Lamp imprisoned him while its messengers gnawed at his soul.
• Mu Qing summoned the World Serpent with the Black Tortoise Heavenly Art, and it devoured the Ghost Race Great Emperor’s soul.
• Mu Qing regained control of his body as the azure patterns faded, while the Life Ancient Tree’s power remained in his Demon Heart.
• Mu Qing saw that the Life Ancient Trees had vanished, leaving ruins, a green-jade sprout, and the Ghost Race Great Emperor’s corpse.

Mu Qing escaped the Life Forbidden Land after bonding with the Life Ancient Tree seed and witnessed a power that Elder Tu identified as the master of the Heavenly Court. Back in the Lunar Palace, the others restrained Mu Qing because his changed aura and the missing Moon God Lamp made them suspect he had been possessed, until the Heavenly Moon Emperor said a mysterious lord had foreseen what happened.

• Elder Tu explained that the Life Forbidden Land was an illusion created by the Ghost Race Emperor to stop visitors from forming a contract with the true Life Ancient Tree, and that the tree seed had devoured countless lives.
• Mu Qing contracted with the Life Ancient Tree seed, sent it into his Starry Sky Demon Domain, and felt its life force transform his body and strengthen his Demon Heart.
• Mu Qing escaped through the shrinking spatial rift as the Life Forbidden Land was destroyed by a colossal power, and Elder Tu identified the giant hand's owner as the master of the Heavenly Court.
• Mu Qing returned to the Destiny Palace, where Yue Ya, the Destiny Elder, the Dragon Turtle, Xin Rui, and Sheng Ling'er restrained him because his aura had changed and Yue Ya could no longer sense the Moon God Lamp.
• The Heavenly Moon Emperor arrived, declared that Mu Qing was still himself, and revealed that a mysterious lord had foreseen the events; the others reacted with shock as the figure approached.

Lunar Venerable God appeared to Mu Qing and revealed that he knew Mu Qing’s identity and that the seed of the Life Ancient Tree was planted by the Heavenly Court. After warning Mu Qing to protect it, he vanished, leaving Mu Qing and Elder Tu to suspect that the Heavenly Court’s plans involved the Lunar Palace and that its Lord was still alive.

• Lunar Venerable God froze everyone except Mu Qing and Elder Tu, then confirmed that the Great Emperor in the Life Forbidden Land had died and praised Mu Qing for forging a new cultivation path.
• Lunar Venerable God revealed that he had known Mu Qing and Xin Rui’s identities, warned that trouble in the Lunar Palace might involve Mu Qing, and urged him to protect the Life Ancient Tree seed.
• Lunar Venerable God disclosed that the Heavenly Court had planted the seed before his consciousness faded away.
• Elder Tu concluded that the Heavenly Court had people in the Lunar Palace and warned that Mu Qing may have disrupted one of its major plans.
• Elder Tu identified the terrifying figure from the Life Forbidden Land as the Lord of the Heavenly Court, and explained that the Lord might still be alive but could be unable to act personally.
• Yue Ya and the others recovered from Moon God's Dreamscape, and Xin Rui reassured Mu Qing after learning he was safe.

Several months after the Evil Clan invasion, Mu Qing emerged from seclusion and went with Xin Rui to collect his True God Competition reward and consider joining a guild. Guild representatives gathered to recruit the competition’s top contestants, with Mu Qing attracting particular attention as a supposed Great Emperor successor.

• Mu Qing tested his newly acquired divine abilities and reflected on his regenerative power and humanity’s strengthened bloodline.
• Xin Rui explained that guilds offered access to missions and resources, and that many powerful guilds were interested in the competition’s top contestants.
• Mu Qing and Xin Rui arrived at the arena, where their fame as Great Emperor successors caused a stir among the crowd.
• Guild representatives gathered to recruit the top hundred contestants, including four Heavenly Gods.
• Several guilds privately contacted Mu Qing to persuade him to join, but their names meant little to him because he knew nothing about the guilds.

Mu Qing considered the top guilds in Lunar Palace while the top hundred contestants chose where to join. The recruitment ended with Mu Qing still undecided and the Holy Radiance Guild humiliated after only Holy Lord joined it.

• Xin Rui explained the top guilds to Mu Qing and said he planned to join the Star Guild.
• Mu Qing weighed the guilds, including the Heavenly Moon Guild and Holy Radiance Guild, while Holy Lord invited him to join Holy Radiance.
• The contestants collected their rewards and joined guilds; E Ruan chose the Demon Guild and vowed to defeat Mu Qing in the Heavenly God Competition.
• Duan Yuan joined the seventh-ranked guild, Holy Lord joined Holy Radiance, and Xin Rui joined the Star Guild.
• The Holy Radiance Guild representative realized that Holy Lord was the only contestant from the competition to join, calling the outcome a disgrace.

Tian Zhan tried to recruit Mu Qing to the Sacred Radiance Guild, but his threats made Mu Qing reject the guild outright. Tian Zhan then attacked Mu Qing with his aura, provoking an uproar at the venue.

• Tian Zhan grew angry when the top-ranked geniuses ignored his recruitment offers, while Holy Lord warned him that Mu Qing and Xin Rui were far stronger than he expected.
• Tian Zhan offered Mu Qing ten million divine stones, three Emperor-grade divine abilities, and protection for Earth in exchange for joining the Sacred Radiance Guild.
• Tian Zhan assumed Mu Qing was ignoring him and threatened that Earth's people would never be allowed to leave if Mu Qing refused.
• Mu Qing rejected the Sacred Radiance Guild, saying he would never join even if it meant his death.
• Tian Zhan flew into a rage and unleashed his aura against Mu Qing, drawing protests and speculation from the gathered crowd and guild representatives.

At the True God Tournament, Mu Qing endured Tian Zhan’s pressure until Ling Zixuan of the Heavenly Moon Guild appeared and invited him to join. Tian Zhan attacked Ling Zixuan, and their battle began with both revealing power on the level of peak Heavenly Gods.

• Tian Zhan unleashed his aura against Mu Qing, but Mu Qing remained unharmed and mocked him.
• Ling Zixuan appeared, dispersed Tian Zhan’s pressure, and introduced himself as a representative of the Heavenly Moon Guild.
• Ling Zixuan began inviting Mu Qing to join the Heavenly Moon Guild, but Tian Zhan interrupted with a sudden punch.
• Ling Zixuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light to pierce Tian Zhan’s golden fist, and both men revealed their domains.
• Tian Zhan charged Ling Zixuan with the Holy Office Greatsword and unleashed a world-shaking slash.

Ling Zixuan defeated Tian Zhan with the Lunar Mirror’s foresight and then challenged Mu Qing to prove himself before joining the Heavenly Moon Guild. Mu Qing accepted, but Ling Zixuan’s divine light shattered three arms of his Thousand-Hand Demon Body, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Ling Zixuan evaded Tian Zhan’s attacks and pierced his shoulder with five-colored divine light, forcing Tian Zhan to leave in defeat.
• Ling Zixuan told Mu Qing that the guild leader required him to fight before joining the Heavenly Moon Guild, promising to suppress his cultivation and count one touch as Mu Qing’s victory.
• Mu Qing accepted Ling Zixuan’s challenge and attacked with the Starry Sky Demon Domain and Demon Blade, but Ling Zixuan foresaw and evaded his moves.
• Mu Qing transformed into the Thousand-Hand Demon Body and used Eternal Ice Seal, but Ling Zixuan dispersed its cold qi with the Lunar Mirror.
• Ling Zixuan evaded Mu Qing’s barrage of blade lights and struck him with three-colored divine light, shattering three of his arms.

Mu Qing defeated Ling Zixuan in the guild recruitment battle by using Moon God's Dreamscape and concealing the Kunpeng Behemoth, forcing Ling Zixuan to unleash peak Heavenly God power and concede. Ling Zixuan welcomed Mu Qing to the Heavenly Moon Guild, then realized Mu Qing had evaded his foresight and secretly torn a piece from his robe.

• Mu Qing unleashed the Thousand-Armed Thunder God and Qilin Descends, filling the platform with powerful lightning attacks.
• Ling Zixuan used the Lunar Mirror to dissolve Mu Qing's lightning, then shattered his void tide with his domain.
• Mu Qing trapped Ling Zixuan with Moon God's Dreamscape, while a hidden Kunpeng Behemoth threatened him from behind the World Serpent.
• Ling Zixuan used peak Heavenly God power to counter the danger, admitted defeat, and welcomed Mu Qing to the Heavenly Moon Guild.
• As Ling Zixuan led Mu Qing away, he discovered Mu Qing had taken a piece of his silver robe without being detected by his foresight.

Ling Zixuan took Mu Qing to the Earth Rift Secret Realm, the hidden home of the Heavenly Moon Guild, and explained how its dangerous blue flames trained the guild’s members. Mu Qing learned that the Heavenly Moon Emperor had ordered his recruitment despite his already being a disciple of the Fate God Emperor, leaving Ling Zixuan puzzled about the reason.

• Ling Zixuan explained that the Heavenly Moon Guild stayed hidden in a secret realm because outsiders doubted its strength and the Holy Radiance Guild often challenged it.
• Ling Zixuan used a Spatial Interference Rune to redirect the teleportation array from the Water Essence Secret Realm to the Earth Rift Secret Realm, where the Heavenly Moon Guild was based.
• Ling Zixuan showed Mu Qing how unpredictable fissures erupted with dangerous blue flames, which the guild’s members used to practice foresight and the Lunar Mirror.
• Ling Zixuan warned Mu Qing to move before a fissure opened beneath him, and Mu Qing escaped the blue fire.
• Ling Zixuan told Mu Qing that the Heavenly Moon Emperor was their master and had ordered Mu Qing’s recruitment, though Mu Qing was already a disciple of the Fate God Emperor.

Ling Zixuan showed Mu Qing around the Heavenly Moon Guild, where Mu Qing learned about its commissions, cultivation rooms, and members’ Lunar Mirror precognition. The chapter ended with Blood Qi defeating Ling Yan on the battle platform by overpowering his opponent’s predictions.

• Ling Zixuan brought Mu Qing into the seemingly tiny Heavenly Moon Guild and showed him its vast inner spaces and commission board.
• Ling Zixuan gave Mu Qing a Heavenly Moon Rune and showed him a cultivation room supplied with energy from a divine stone vein.
• Ling Zixuan explained that guild members had to complete one commission each month and brought Mu Qing to a battle platform.
• Mu Qing watched Blood Qi and Ling Yan use Lunar Mirror precognition to predict each other’s moves.
• Blood Qi concealed the strength of his Lunar Mirror, disrupted Ling Yan’s prediction, and struck him down.

Mu Qing challenged Blood Qi after noticing something abnormal about him, and their fight left the Heavenly Moon Guild members unable to foresee any outcome. Blood Qi evaded Mu Qing’s attacks and struck back, while Ling Zixuan realized an unknown expert was interfering with everyone’s foresight.

• Ling Yan admitted defeat to Blood Qi, who won the commissioned mission after suppressing the crowd’s foresight.
• Mu Qing appeared on the platform and challenged Blood Qi, claiming he wanted to exchange pointers.
• Mu Qing entered Demonization and attacked Blood Qi with his Demon Blade, prompting the crowd to recognize him as the True God Grand Competition champion.
• The Heavenly Moon Guild members found their foresight returned no results, and Ling Zixuan realized someone else was obstructing their vision of the battle.
• Blood Qi reappeared behind Mu Qing after his body was cleaved in two, then used foresight to evade Mu Qing’s attacks and formed a blood claw to strike back.

Mu Qing defeated Blood Qi despite his precognition, then discovered Blood Qi had been infected with Curse Power linked to the Cursed Flower. The chapter left Mu Qing and Ling Zixuan facing Ling Zixuan’s senior brother, who was revealed to be a Titan Giant.

• The Heavenly Moon Guild members doubted Mu Qing could defeat Blood Qi because Mu Qing had not cultivated the Lunar Mirror, while Ling Zixuan recalled that Mu Qing had disrupted his own precognition before.
• Mu Qing used the Thousand-Hand Demon Transformation and Eternal Ice Seal, then halted Blood Qi with an invisible force and froze him.
• Ling Zixuan stopped Mu Qing from striking further, declared him the victor, and gave him the commission token for a Water Essence Secret Realm mission to kill the early-stage Celestial God Sea Dragon King.
• Mu Qing learned from Zhou Siyu and Zhou Gu that Blood Qi carried a concealed curse seed, which Mu Qing connected to the Cursed Flower.
• A burly man appeared before Mu Qing and Ling Zixuan, and Mu Qing recognized him as a Titan Giant.

Tai Ze took Mu Qing to a sealed deep pit at the Heavenly Moon Emperor’s command and sent him into the underground space below. There, Mu Qing found a figure inside a cave filled with blue flames and entered in his Demonization state to approach it.

• Tai Ze dismissed Ling Zixuan and told Mu Qing that the Heavenly Moon Emperor had ordered him to take Mu Qing somewhere.
• Tai Ze led Mu Qing through the Earth Rift Secret Realm to a deep pit sealed by a powerful array, explaining that a Great Emperor’s corpse lay below it.
• Tai Ze lifted the array and pushed Mu Qing into the pit, explaining that he could not enter without the Heavenly Moon Emperor’s permission.
• Mu Qing landed in an underground space where a divine stone vein suppressed the blue flames, and Elder Tu said the flames seemed familiar.
• Mu Qing spotted a figure amid the blue flames in a cave, entered his Demonization state, and moved inside to investigate.

Mu Qing discovered the Star Phoenix Emperor’s corpse in the Earth Rift Secret Realm and stored it in the Myriad Domains Star Chart, weakening the underground Stellar Flame. Back at the Heavenly Moon Guild, he learned that Blood Qi had taken a commissioned task in the Water Essence Secret Realm, giving him a chance to pursue Blood Qi while completing his own task.

• Mu Qing followed the harmless Stellar Flame deeper into the cave, where Elder Tu identified the dead cultivator as the Star Phoenix Emperor.
• Elder Tu explained the Star Phoenix Emperor’s ties to the Starry Sky Dynasty and urged Mu Qing to preserve his corpse in the Myriad Domains Star Chart.
• Mu Qing stored the Star Phoenix Emperor’s body, and the blue flames weakened before Tai Ze sealed the pit and led Mu Qing back to the Heavenly Moon Guild.
• Tai Ze warned Mu Qing to be careful on his Water Essence Secret Realm task, while Mu Qing practiced divine abilities and watched Blood Qi for signs of the Cursed Flower.
• Mu Qing learned that Blood Qi had accepted a Water Essence Secret Realm task to kill the Sea Dragon King, then saw Blood Qi defeat Ling Yan again.
• Mu Qing decided to go to the Water Essence Secret Realm, where he could complete his task and wait for Blood Qi.

Blood Qi waited in the Water Essence Secret Realm, driven by a cursed seed and eager to fight Mu Qing again. After claiming his True God Grand Competition reward, Mu Qing entered the realm to hunt the Sea Dragon King but was challenged by Gu Feng, a Heavenly Court swordsman.

• Blood Qi slaughtered a late-stage True God sea dragon and waited for Mu Qing, unaware that the Cursed Flower's seed was feeding on his resentment.
• Mu Qing collected his first-place reward at the Lunar Palace, though it did not bring him close to the middle stage of the Heavenly God Realm.
• Mu Qing entered the Water Essence Secret Realm with the Kunpeng Behemoth and set out to confront the Sea Dragon King.
• Mu Qing encountered Gu Feng on an island and recognized the immortal qi in the Heavenly Court cultivator's body.
• Gu Feng's sword overwhelmed Mu Qing's three slashes, but Mu Qing stalled him with Moon God's Dreamscape and froze his sword with Eternal Ice Seal.

Mu Qing fought Gu Feng, a powerful Heavenly Court swordsman, across the sea and withstood his increasingly potent attacks. After Mu Qing trapped Gu Feng’s strongest strike with Moon God's Dreamscape and Chaos Chains, Gu Feng broke free by using Boundless Sword Immortal, First Form, leaving Mu Qing facing a terrifying sword attack.

• Mu Qing and Gu Feng exchanged blows, wounding each other as their attacks sent enormous waves across the sea.
• Gu Feng unleashed a Heavenly Court sword Dao ability, tore through Mu Qing’s Spatial Dao Robe, and inflicted numerous wounds, but Mu Qing’s injuries rapidly healed.
• Gu Feng declared Mu Qing no match for him and prepared Ten Thousand Swords Return to One as Mu Qing challenged him to use his full strength.
• Mu Qing halted Gu Feng’s strike with Moon God's Dreamscape and bound his sword with two Chaos Chains.
• Gu Feng released immense immortal energy and used Boundless Sword Immortal, First Form, knocking away the chains and merging with his sword as he attacked Mu Qing.

Mu Qing fought Gu Feng as the Heavenly Court expert unleashed the Boundless Sword Immortal, but Mu Qing used his recovery, the Heaven-Flipping Seal, and the Kunpeng Behemoth to counterattack. Gu Feng destroyed their assaults with the immortal art’s Second Form, and the chapter ended as Mu Qing summoned the Thousand-Armed Thunder God.

• Gu Feng used the Boundless Sword Immortal to shatter Mu Qing’s Thousand-Hand Demon Body and pierce his abdomen with a sword strike.
• Mu Qing endured the wound, trapped Gu Feng’s sword with Chaos Chains, and struck him with the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Gu Feng recognized Mu Qing’s Heavenly Court divine ability, then faced Mu Qing’s renewed attack and the Kunpeng Behemoth emerging from beneath the sea.
• The Kunpeng Behemoth swallowed Gu Feng’s Sword Qi and returned it as a storm, but Gu Feng’s Boundless Sword Immortal, Second Form shattered the Heaven-Flipping Seal and wounded the beast.
• Mu Qing formed the Thousand-Hand Demon Body and unleashed the Thousand-Armed Thunder God as Gu Feng stood panting before him.

Mu Qing defeated and killed Gu Feng after their battle devastated the Eastern Sea Region, then collapsed into the sea. At the Lunar Palace, a man in white and a shadow discussed Gu Feng’s death and planned to send another test subject against a different Great Emperor’s successor.

• Mu Qing unleashed Myriad Thunder Tribulations, and Gu Feng countered with the Third Form of Boundless Sword Immortal as their attacks blasted the seawater away for thousands of miles.
• The Sea Dragon King, the Mermaid Clan leader, and the Sky Whale King sensed the clash and wondered who the two powerful combatants were.
• Mu Qing overcame Gu Feng’s Boundless Sword Formation and declared victory, but froze him with Moon God's Dreamscape when Gu Feng reached into his robes.
• Mu Qing used the four immortal swords to annihilate Gu Feng, then lost consciousness and fell into the sea.
• At the Lunar Palace, a shadow and a man in white identified Mu Qing as Gu Feng’s killer and decided to modify another test subject to fight a different Great Emperor’s successor.

After recovering from his battle with Gu Feng, Mu Qing traveled through the Water Essence Secret Realm toward Heavenly Whale Island to investigate the commission involving Blood Qi. The Heavenly Whale Clan recognized his Lunar Palace commission token and escorted him to meet its chief.

• Mu Qing woke after five days unconscious, recalled defeating Gu Feng with External Incarnation, and cultivated to restore his demonic qi.
• Mu Qing killed and devoured three sea dragons who had come to investigate the desolate Eastern Sea Region.
• Mu Qing traveled toward Heavenly Whale Island while cultivating another strand of Chaos Demonic Qi, bringing his total to three.
• Mu Qing arrived at Heavenly Whale Island aboard the Kunpeng Behemoth, prompting Whale Source and hundreds of Heavenly Whale Clan fighters to confront him.
• Mu Qing identified himself as a Lunar Palace disciple and showed his commission token, so Whale Source apologized and offered to take him to the clan chief.