Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen drove away the fighters gathered around the lava lake and used the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow to devour the Flame Swallowing Pythons and Flame Spirit Lotuses. After killing the Flame Swallowing Python King and swallowing the Flame Immortal Lotus, Mu Chen advanced to the late stage of the Heaven Transformation Realm and decided to stop cultivating for now.

• Mu Chen intimidated the gathered fighters with his middle-stage Heaven Transformation Realm strength and crushed the quasi-Heaven Transformation expert who urged the others to attack him.
• Mu Chen summoned the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, forcing the fighters to flee and sending the Flame Swallowing Pythons diving into the lava.
• Mu Chen had the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow drain the lake, revealing the Flame Swallowing Python King and the Flame Immortal Lotus it guarded.
• The Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow killed the Flame Swallowing Python King, devoured the remaining pythons, and swallowed the lava, Flame Spirit Lotuses, and Flame Immortal Lotus.
• Mu Chen's aura rose to the late stage of the Heaven Transformation Realm, and he resolved to hold back from further breakthroughs to protect his foundation.

The Heavenly Dipper Sword Master fled the cave after witnessing the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow devour the Flame Swallowing Python King, while Mu Chen claimed a White Dragon Token and searched the ancient palace complex for treasure. The chapter left Mu Chen noticing trouble as Li Qing faced the Lion Tiger Group, who wanted the treasure on her wrist.

• The Heavenly Dipper Sword Master entered the cave, saw the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow devour the Flame Swallowing Python King, and led his sect in a strategic withdrawal.
• Mu Chen refined the fire-type spiritual energy, found the White Dragon Token left behind by the Flame Swallowing Python King, and left the cave.
• Mu Chen searched several ancient halls but found only treasures that had lost their spiritual energy or value.
• Li Qing faced the Lion Tiger Group in a damaged stone hall after becoming separated from Mu Chen and the others.
• Cheng Shi demanded that Li Qing hand over the treasure on her wrist while eyeing her with lust.

Mu Chen rescued Li Qing from the Lion Tiger Group, killed its members, and declined her offer of the Dragon Spirit Ring. He and Li Qing headed to meet Su Xuan and the others, who arrived at the secret realm’s mysterious black basin, believed to be the Sovereign’s burial place.

• Cheng Shi attacked Li Qing, but Mu Chen arrived and killed him with one punch.
• Mu Chen revealed his late-stage Heaven Transformation Realm cultivation and burned Cheng Hu and the Lion Tiger Group to ashes with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire.
• Li Qing offered Mu Chen the Dragon Spirit Ring, but he declined and led her out to find Su Xuan and the others.
• At the secret realm’s far end, groups gathered around an ancient black basin surrounded by stone pillars and guardians, afraid to enter.
• The Northern Heavens Squad arrived at the basin.

Mu Chen recognized the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, and the crowd's greed drove thousands into the dangerous black basin. As they battled its awakened stone guardians, Mu Chen told his team to stay behind while he went to seize the pillar alone.

• Mu Chen identified the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar as the Dragon Demon Palace's sect-protecting treasure and recalled how it had changed from a holy weapon into a demonic one.
• More than ten thousand people gathered at the basin, and several groups rushed onto its black soil despite the pillar's ominous aura.
• The Great Sumeru Demon Pillar awakened, sending out blood-red light that animated the stone statues and caused them to slaughter the first intruders.
• An old sect master declared that the pillar surpassed divine artifacts, and the crowd surged into the basin to claim it.
• Guo Xiong urged Mu Chen's team to act, but Mu Chen ordered them to stay behind while he went to take the Great Sumeru Pillar alone.

Demon Dragon Son entered the Supreme Spirit Treasury basin as Mu Chen raced toward the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and the White Dragon Spirit Bead. After Demon Dragon Son confronted him, Mu Chen revealed his identity and attacked first, leaving their battle underway.

• Demon Dragon Son descended into the basin after condemning Bai Xuan for the destruction of his forces at White Dragon City.
• Mu Chen passed through the stone statue guards with the White Dragon Jade Tablet’s protection and headed for the basin’s center.
• Mu Chen reached for the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and White Dragon Spirit Bead, but Demon Dragon Son attacked and forced him to reveal the Heir of the King of Hundred Spirits.
• Mu Chen recognized Demon Dragon Son’s Blood Ranking bounty, introduced himself, and confirmed that he was the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s new second-ranked Heaven Ranking student.
• Mu Chen struck Demon Dragon Son with the Samsara Death Seal.

Demon Dragon Son summoned Black Dragon Supreme to claim the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, and Black Dragon Supreme moved to kill Mu Chen after learning he possessed the Dragon Demon Palace’s Blood Sea Spirit-Devouring Spear. Mu Chen summoned the White Dragon Jade Pillar, bringing White Dragon Supreme into the conflict.

• Demon Dragon Son shattered a black jade shard, summoning Black Dragon Supreme to the basin.
• Black Dragon Supreme praised Demon Dragon Son, recognized the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, and demanded to know why Mu Chen carried the Blood Sea Spirit-Devouring Spear.
• Demon Dragon Son identified Mu Chen as the second-ranked expert on the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Heaven Ranking, and Black Dragon Supreme decided to kill him.
• Mu Chen summoned the White Dragon Jade Pillar and asked Senior White Dragon to intervene.
• White Dragon Supreme emerged from the pillar as the formation covering the basin stopped functioning.

The Black Dragon Supreme confronted the White Dragon Supreme over the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and their clan’s past, then the two transformed into dragons and began a battle in the sky. Below them, Mu Chen ambushed Demon Dragon Son and overwhelmed him with a relentless wind-based assault.

• The Black Dragon Supreme accused the White Dragon Supreme of betraying their clan and declared that he would seize the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar to restore the Sacred Dragon Plane.
• The White Dragon Supreme summoned the White Dragon Spirit Bead and White Dragon Jade Pillar, and the two Supremes transformed into black and white dragons to fight above the clouds.
• Thousands of people fled the black basin to escape the destruction caused by the Supreme Beings’ battle.
• Mu Chen and Demon Dragon Son pretended to discuss leaving, then launched failed sneak attacks against each other beneath the ancient demonic pillar.
• Mu Chen used the Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art to break Demon Dragon Son’s shield and continued attacking with nine astral-wind dragons.
• Demon Dragon Son realized Mu Chen’s power was far greater than expected and wondered how a late-stage Heaven Transformation Realm cultivator could wield such immense spiritual energy.

Mu Chen and the Demon Dragon Son unleashed their strongest arts in a devastating clash, leaving the outcome unclear. As the storm subsided, a tall figure stood on the ancient demonic pillar, while the spectators waited to learn who had won.

• The Demon Dragon Son used the Dragon Scale Sword Art to cut down Mu Chen’s Nine-Dragon Heavenly Wind Art, but Mu Chen renewed the assault with nine dragons that joined into a cyan seal.
• The Demon Dragon Son summoned ten thousand swords to hold off the seal, then revealed his early-stage Heavenly Passage Realm cultivation and unleashed the Dragon Demon Divine Art: Dragon Severing Slash.
• Mu Chen answered with the Four Gods Constellation Scripture: White Tiger God Seal, summoning a massive White Tiger to charge the Demon Dragon Son’s black greatsword.
• The two attacks collided and tore apart the landscape, obscuring the battlefield until the Spirit Power tempest began to fade.
• The spectators strained to see who had prevailed, while a tall figure stood with folded arms atop the ancient demonic pillar.

Mu Chen defeated Demon Dragon Son, who survived through the Dragon-Transforming Blood Art only to be eaten by the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow. As the secret realm collapsed, the White Dragon Supreme sent everyone else away, leaving Mu Chen to approach the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar with the Heavenly Emperor's Legacy.

• Mu Chen emerged victorious after defeating Demon Dragon Son, establishing himself as a continent-level prodigy.
• Demon Dragon Son rebirthed himself as a miniature black demon dragon, but the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow swallowed him.
• The secret realm destabilized during the battle between the White Dragon Supreme and the black dragon, and the White Dragon Supreme teleported everyone outside except Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen activated the Thunder God Body and reached the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar despite its fiendish pressure.
• Mu Chen summoned the Heavenly Emperor's Legacy to seal the struggling demon pillar.

Mu Chen escaped the collapsing secret realm after the White Dragon Supreme defeated the Black Dragon Supreme’s clone and passed on divine treasures and arts. He reunited with his teammates, and Shen Cangsheng arrived on the Heaven Lotus War God Spear.

• Mu Chen used the Mandala God Flower and Immortal Record to seal the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, then absorbed it into the Futu Ancient Pagoda.
• The secret realm collapsed, and the White Dragon Supreme carried Mu Chen out before dying after entrusting him with the White Dragon Jade Pillar, White Dragon Spirit Bead, and Dragon Soaring Art.
• Mu Chen emerged at the Spirit Treasury site and tallied his gains, including increased cultivation, divine artifacts, the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, and the reward due for killing the Demon Dragon Son.
• Mu Chen reunited with Guo Xiong, Su Xuan, Li Qing, Su Ling'er, and the other teammates, telling them that the Demon Dragon Son had been executed.
• Shen Cangsheng arrived atop the Heaven Lotus War God Spear, to the delight of the Northern Heavens Squad.

Shen Cangsheng arrived to rescue the Northern Heavens Squad and learned that Mu Chen had killed Demon Dragon Son. After the two acknowledged each other as rivals for the Heaven Ranking’s top spot, the group returned to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and visited Mission Hall.

• Shen Cangsheng arrived and greeted the safe Northern Heavens Squad, then learned that Mu Chen had killed Demon Dragon Son.
• Shen Cangsheng introduced himself to Mu Chen as an equal, and the two silently marked the upcoming Hunting War as the chance to decide who deserved the Heaven Ranking’s first place.
• Shen Cangsheng and the others joined Mu Chen’s group and returned to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Su Xuan led the group to Mission Hall to submit their assignment and explained Punishment Hall’s Blood Ranking and its rewards for capturing listed criminals.

Mu Chen collected the rewards for the White Dragon Hill mission, including a bounty for killing the Demon Dragon Son, then went to the Spirit Art Hall to claim a Divine Spirit Art. Hall Master Zhu Tian revealed that Mu Chen had already received his reward after the Freshman Assembly, leaving Mu Chen to realize he had unknowingly spent it on the Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art.

• Su Xuan turned in the White Dragon Hill mission, and Elder Liu raised its reward to 12 million Spiritual Value points.
• Mu Chen proved that he had killed the Demon Dragon Son and collected the eight-million-point super bounty, then received three million points for additional kills.
• Mu Chen headed to the Spirit Art Temple to claim the Divine Spirit Art promised for killing the Demon Dragon Son.
• Hall Master Zhu Tian told Mu Chen that he had already claimed two divine arts after the Freshman Assembly, including the Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art.
• Mu Chen left the Spirit Art Hall frustrated after realizing he had used his reward on the quasi-divine art.

The Heaven Ranking experts gathered to confront Mu Chen after Luo Li surged to fourth place by defeating their peers, disrupting their training before the Hunting War. Mu Chen celebrated his wife’s victories, while Xu Huang nervously asked him to persuade Luo Li to focus on secluded training.

• The Heaven Ranking experts ranked fifth through tenth assembled at the mountain to complain about Luo Li’s challenges and defeats.
• Luo Li advanced to the late stage of the Heaven Transformation Realm, broke two seals on the Luo God Sword, and climbed from tenth to fourth on the Heaven Ranking.
• The defeated experts went to confront Luo Li, but she had entered seclusion, so they waited for Mu Chen instead.
• Xu Huang led the group despite regretting the confrontation, and Mu Chen arrived from the Spirit Art Hall in a foul mood.
• Mu Chen praised Luo Li’s victories, and Xu Huang timidly asked him to suggest that she train in seclusion and stop challenging the rankings.

Mu Chen crushed six Heaven Ranking experts with the Black Tortoise Divine Seal and received the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun’s Earth Sovereign-level blood essence. As Jiu You woke and praised his progress, she struggled to get him to understand what she wanted.

• Mu Chen unleashed the Black Tortoise Divine Seal, freezing six Heaven Transformation Realm Heaven Ranking experts and shocking the crowd with news that he had apprehended the Demon Dragon Son.
• Mu Chen quietly checked on Luo Li in seclusion, then received a sealed box from Elder Liu containing the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun’s blood essence.
• Mu Chen realized the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun had reached the Earth Sovereign level and had already challenged Holy Spirit Academy’s Academy Guardian Beast.
• Jiu You awakened as a small black sparrow within Mu Chen’s body and said his resonance with her had reached seventy or eighty percent.
• Jiu You praised Mu Chen’s cultivation, but he only gave brief replies, leaving her frustrated.

Jiu You awakened and asked Mu Chen for the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun Blood Essence, then took it back into the Black Egg to refine. Mu Chen left to visit Ling Xi, where he struggled to confess his feelings and instead drank cold tea to calm himself.

• Jiu You asked Mu Chen for the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun Blood Essence after advancing to the Fourth Grade Supreme.
• Mu Chen teased Jiu You into calling him “big brother,” and she transformed into a lifelike illusion to persuade him to hand over the blood essence.
• Jiu You sensed Mu Chen’s thoughts through their Bloodline Link, grabbed the blood essence, and returned to the Black Egg.
• Mu Chen left the Freshman District and traveled to Ling Xi’s courtyard.
• Mu Chen sat with Ling Xi, drank pot after pot of cold tea, and lost his nerve to confess his feelings.

Mu Chen learned that Ling Xi had become a Spirit Array Grandmaster and asked her to refine the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar. Ling Xi began cleansing the weapon while keeping Mu Chen with her to cultivate before the Hunting Tournament.

• Ling Xi considered whether to help Mu Chen with his romantic feelings, but he instead told her that the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun had broken through.
• Ling Xi revealed that she had also entered the Spirit Array Grandmaster realm several days before the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun.
• Mu Chen passed Qing Yanjing's Grandmaster Spirit Treasury to Ling Xi so she could gain her mother's Spirit Array knowledge early.
• Mu Chen brought out the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and asked Ling Xi to refine it and restore its potential.
• Ling Xi formed a powerful Spirit Array around the pillar and sent Mu Chen to cultivate in her house for the coming months before the Hunting Tournament.

Mu Chen and Luo Li joined the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Hunting War, where Dean Tai Cang opened the Spirit Light World and announced the students would face powerful guardians before their Spirit Light Baptism. After entering the world, Mu Chen killed a Spirit Soldier and collected its red Spirit Light.

• Mu Chen led two thousand freshmen toward the Hunting War, with Luo Li at his side.
• Dean Tai Cang announced the Hunting War and revealed the Spirit Light World, its Spirit Soldiers, and the Three Great Generals guarding the way to Spirit Light Baptism.
• Hundreds of thousands of students entered the Spirit Light World as Dean Tai Cang and the academy’s elders watched through spiritual screens.
• Mu Chen and Luo Li appeared inside the mist-shrouded world, where a Spirit Soldier attacked Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen shattered the Spirit Soldier with his lightning-enhanced body, killed it, and caught the red Spirit Light it released.

Mu Chen and Luo Li rescued An Ran and her companions from Liu Feng, who fled when they arrived. An Ran gave them intelligence about an ordinary Spirit Cave, and Mu Chen used the Futu Pagoda to swiftly harvest its Spirit Soldiers and Spirit Generals.

• Mu Chen and Luo Li came upon An Ran and her two companions surrounded by Liu Feng and his group, who fled as soon as they saw the newcomers.
• An Ran thanked Mu Chen and Luo Li for saving them and gave them a map to an ordinary Spirit Cave.
• Mu Chen and Luo Li followed An Ran's intelligence to a Spirit Cave containing over a thousand Spirit Soldiers and eight Spirit Generals.
• Mu Chen summoned the Futu Pagoda and began sucking the Spirit Soldiers and Spirit Generals into it, clearing more than half the cave in moments.

Mu Chen revealed his Futu Clan heritage to Luo Li and learned that the Spirit Cave had been drained and ruined by the Futu Pagoda. After the pair drove out the Wang brothers and forced them to share information about other Spirit Caves, Mu Chen chose a dangerous cave where a Spirit King could help Luo Li break through.

• Luo Li recognized the Futu Pagoda, and Mu Chen told her that his mother belonged to the Qing Branch of the Buddha Ancient Clan.
• Mu Chen said the Futu Pagoda had drained the Spirit Cave, leaving it barren and unable to nurture another Spirit Soldier clan.
• Luo Li split a distant mountain with her sword aura, exposing Wang Tong, Wang Lei, and Wang Chong as they tried to flee.
• Mu Chen charged the three brothers, stopped just short of killing Wang Tong, and demanded information about other Spirit Caves.
• Wang Tong shared the brothers' information, and Mu Chen selected an extremely dangerous Spirit Cave containing a Spirit King to help Luo Li break through.

Mu Chen and Luo Li arrived at the Spirit Soldier Kingdom, where the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow slaughtered its defenders. The Spirit King emerged to confront it, but the Sparrow destroyed it with a single claw flick.

• Xu Huang gathered nearly a hundred Heaven Transformation Realm experts and prepared to lead their forces into the Spirit Cave.
• The Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, carrying Luo Li, flew over the gathered groups and plunged into the canyon.
• The Sparrow massacred the Spirit Soldiers and burned several late-stage Spirit Generals to nothing, ruining the groups’ plans to divide the spiritual light.
• The Spirit King emerged from underground and struck at the Sparrow with its saber, leaving the watching experts shaken by its power.
• The Sparrow flicked its claw, shattering the Spirit King into dust and silencing the battlefield.