Recaps

Mu Chen learned that his bloodline held both Eight Spirit Veins and Nine Divine Veins, refined their powers into formidable abilities, and was publicly recognized as the future ruler of the Heavenly Palace. After Ling Xi emerged from seclusion, the reunited lovers discovered she had advanced to the Immortal Grade realm.

• The Spirit Vein Stele revealed that Mu Chen possessed Eight and Nine Divine Veins, astonishing the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Spirit Vein Hall Master.
• Mu Chen tested the Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame and Futu Chaos Light, then answered the Heavenly Emperor’s summons to Daluo Heaven.
• The Heavenly Palace celebrated Mu Chen’s attainment of the Heavenly Sovereign realm and announced him as its future Master.
• Mu Chen reunited with Ling Xi, who had emerged from seclusion after reaching the Immortal Grade realm.
• The First Hall Master handed the Western Heaven Continent to the Luo God Clan, killed Daoist Wang, and brought the Old Heavenly Sovereign to serve in the Heavenly Palace.

Mu Chen awakened White Dragon Supreme’s remnant soul in the White Dragon Spirit Bead and helped him regain his strength, stopping just short of the Earth Sovereign realm. White Dragon Supreme recovered his memories and returned to life, but sorrowed over his homeland’s continued occupation by the Outer Domain Demon Race.

• Ling Xi told Mu Chen that the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Clan Martial Arts Tournament would take place in three or four months and that Qing Yanjing had invited her to accompany him.
• Mu Chen noticed the remnant soul within the White Dragon Spirit Bead and used Tai Cang Divine Sound to awaken White Dragon Supreme.
• White Dragon Supreme swallowed the Spirit Bead, restored his power, and rose to the peak of Ninth Grade Supreme with Mu Chen’s help before Mu Chen stopped him from advancing further.
• White Dragon Supreme transformed into a man, thanked Mu Chen for saving him, and received the White Dragon Jade Pillar back from him.
• Mu Chen introduced White Dragon Supreme to Ling Xi, and White Dragon Supreme grieved that the Outer Domain Demon Race still held his homeland.

Mu Chen prepared a Heavenly Palace army to help the White Dragon Supreme reclaim the Sacred Dragon Plane, and Ling Xi opened a passage there. The army crossed into a continent ruled by the Blood Evil Clan, where humans were imprisoned as food and the remaining resistance was kept alive only to sustain the slaughter.

• Mu Chen agreed to lead troops to the Sacred Dragon Plane after the White Dragon Supreme asked for help, and he gave him three days to prepare.
• Ling Xi and the Heavenly Palace Spirit Artifact Masters helped the White Dragon Supreme upgrade his White Dragon Jade Pillar into a Low-grade Sacred Object.
• Mu Chen assembled an army of two hundred thousand from the Heavenly Palace and allied forces, then ordered Ling Xi to open a spatial passage to the Lower Plane.
• Mu Chen led the army through the passage, and the White Dragon Supreme followed, eager to return home.
• The army arrived on the blood-tainted Sacred Dragon Continent, where the Blood Evil Clan ruled through six Blood Demon Kings and kept humans penned up as Blood Food.
• The Blood Evil Clan allowed the last resistance to survive in the western mountains only to maintain a supply of fresh victims.

The Blood Evil Clan slaughtered and exploited the people of Iron Blood City, confident that their conquest of the Sacred Dragon Plane would let them secretly build strength. Their rule ended when a vast army arrived from beyond the heavens and killed every Blood Evil Clan member in the city.

• Blood Shadows attacked the people of Iron Blood City during a feast, draining their blood and leaving them dead.
• The Blood Evil Clan recalled how the Six Heavenly Demon Kings had conquered the Sacred Dragon Plane and turned its people into Blood Food.
• A Blood Evil Clan sentry watched for Resistance Army activity while the other demons feasted across the city.
• A spatial rift opened above Iron Blood City, and an elite army of warriors from beyond the heavens marched through.
• The invading army killed the sentry, destroyed the Blood Shadows, and executed the city's Blood Demon General.
• Within a few dozen breaths, the army slaughtered every Blood Evil Clan member in Iron Blood City.

The Daoist Sect’s armies swept across the Sacred Dragon Continent while an elite force reached the Land of Final Redemption, where the White Dragon Queen’s council debated how to respond. The city’s defenses vanished under the newcomers’ power, and their army took control of the city as the compromised Grand State Preceptor watched.

• The Daoist Sect’s forces slaughtered the Blood Evil Clan in Iron Blood City and advanced to liberate more cities.
• The Wind Spirit Army secured Iron Blood City, then marched toward its next target as survivors thanked their rescuers.
• The White Dragon Queen’s leaders gathered after learning that an army from beyond the domain had arrived, and they split over whether to ally with it or investigate first.
• The White Dragon Queen asked the Grand State Preceptor for his view, while he secretly hoped the Blood Evil Clan would be defeated without exposing his treachery.
• A deafening blast erased the Land of Final Redemption’s protective formation, and the mysterious army took control of the city’s defenses.

Mu Chen and the God-Slaying Guards arrived at the White Dragon Queen’s hall and seized the humans who had secretly sided with the Blood Evil Clan. Mu Chen ordered the traitors executed and declared that the Six Heavenly Demon Kings would not escape the forces surrounding Blood Demon Mountain.

• The White Dragon Queen asked whether the arriving army had come from beyond the heavens to fight the Blood Evil Clan.
• Xiao Qingyun led the God-Slaying Guards into the hall and ordered them to capture every human traitor.
• A hidden expert’s aura frightened the native leaders into surrendering, and the guards bound and sealed the cultivation of the Grand State Preceptor, the Grand General, and their followers.
• Xiao Qingyun introduced Mu Chen to the White Dragon Queen, while the Grand State Preceptor claimed to revere the Dao Ancestor.
• Mu Chen condemned the Grand State Preceptor for calling himself a Daoist and ordered the guards to kill all the traitors.
• The Grand State Preceptor invoked the Six Heavenly Demon Kings as he died, and Xiao Qingyun said the forces surrounding Blood Demon Mountain would defeat them too.

Mu Chen accepted Bai Susu’s offer to join the Daoist Sect after the White Dragon Supreme revealed the history of the Blood Evil Clan’s invasion. As Mu Chen’s army surrounded Blood Demon Mountain, the Six Heavenly Demon Kings resolved to delay the attack while accelerating their Blood Demon Emperor’s birth.

• Bai Susu recognized the White Dragon Supreme as her ancestor, and he confirmed his identity after returning to the Sacred Dragon Continent with the other forebears.
• Bai Susu asked Mu Chen to drive out the Blood Evil Clan and offered to have the Sacred Dragon Continent join the Daoist Sect; Mu Chen agreed.
• The Six Heavenly Demon Kings learned that Mu Chen’s army had destroyed most of the Blood Evil Clan’s forces and surrounded Blood Demon Mountain.
• The Blood Demon Kings argued over whether to awaken their ruler early, then the Great Blood Demon King ordered three of his brothers to delay the invaders while the clan hastened the ruler’s emergence.
• The Blood Flower King departed with the others assigned to hold off Mu Chen’s army.

The Blood Demon Kings accelerated a mass blood sacrifice to hasten their emperor’s birth while the Daoist Sect and the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s forces encircled Blood Demon Mountain. The battle began with three Blood Demon Kings facing powerful elders, as Xie Lingyun commanded the allied army.

• The Great Blood Demon King ordered the slaughter of imprisoned natives and sacrificed Blood Evil Clan members to crack the Mysterious Giant Egg faster.
• Nearly two hundred thousand elite Daoist troops and the forces of the Five Halls and Nine Prefectures surrounded Blood Demon Mountain.
• Blood Hand King, Blood Underworld King, and Blood Flower King emerged and challenged the encircling forces to duels.
• A Dragon Prefecture elder stopped Shi Long and used Universe in the Sleeve against Blood Hand King, while two other elders confronted Blood Underworld King and Blood Flower King.
• The three Blood Demon Kings and three Great Perfection Earth Sovereigns began fighting at full strength.
• Xie Lingyun watched from the allied army as its commander-in-chief, poised to attempt the Heavenly Sovereign realm after the battle.

The Blood Evil Clan sacrificed itself to bring forth the Blood Demon Emperor, but Mu Chen and the Daoist Sect’s experts arrived before he could emerge and escape. Trapped and facing overwhelming opposition, the newly born emperor was left panicking above Blood Demon Mountain.

• Xie Lingyun told the Daoist Sect disciples that the Blood Evil Clan was using the continent’s blood essence to create a Demon Emperor, and Mu Chen was on his way.
• Blood Hand King and Blood Underworld King were killed, while Blood Flower King escaped as a demonic soul.
• The Great Blood Demon King ordered the remaining Blood Evil Clan members, including Blood Flower King, to sacrifice themselves in the Dark Abyss, completing the blood sacrifice that birthed their emperor.
• Mu Chen arrived with Xiao Qingyun, the God-Slaying Guard, Bai Susu, White Dragon Supreme, Ling Xi, and other allies, then used the Life-Extinguishing Pupil to locate the Demon Emperor.
• The Blood Demon Emperor tried to flee in his egg, but Ling Xi’s spirit array sealed the plane and forced him back.
• The egg crashed above Blood Demon Mountain, and the newly born Nether Demon Emperor emerged in terror at the powerful Heavenly Sovereigns gathered against him.

Mu Chen killed the Blood Demon Emperor with his Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame, then used his Saint Futu Pagoda to purge the Blood Evil Clan and its corruption from the Sacred Dragon Continent. The gratitude of the continent’s people carried Mu Chen’s body and Spirit Soul into primordial chaos, while Xie Lingyun explained that he had come to seek the plane’s powerful Plane Embryo.

• Mu Chen promised to spare the Blood Demon Emperor if he survived a divine ability, then burned him and his Demon-Summoning Talisman to nothing with the Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame.
• Xie Lingyun explained that the Blood Demon Emperor’s Demon-Summoning Talisman could summon demons and destroy the battlefield.
• Mu Chen manifested his Saint Futu Pagoda, drawing in the remaining Blood Evil Clan members and cleansing the Sacred Dragon Continent of their evil aura.
• The continent’s people thanked Mu Chen, and their gathered will carried his physical body and Spirit Soul consciousness into primordial chaos.
• The white-robed woman ordered the Five Halls and Nine Prefectures inheritors to guard the area while Xie Lingyun explained the benefits of refining the plane’s Plane Embryo.

Mu Chen absorbed the Plane Embryo and reached Late Spirit Grade, then arranged to move the endangered Sacred Dragon Plane beneath the Tianluo Continent. Back at the Daoist Sect, he reunited with his father, Mu Feng, who had come to visit.

• Mu Chen entered the Plane Embryo and drew on its power, later emerging at Late Spirit Grade.
• Mu Chen told Ling Xi, the White Dragon Supreme, and the Human Queen that he would tow the Sacred Dragon Plane beneath the Tianluo Continent and bring the Sacred Dragon Sect into the Daoist Sect's faction.
• The Human Queen and White Dragon Supreme agreed to the arrangement, and Mu Chen used his authority as Plane Master to move the Sacred Dragon Plane.
• Mu Chen returned to the main plane and discovered that his father, Mu Feng, had come to visit him.

Mu Feng, Mu Chen, and Ling Xi traveled to the Buddha Realm for the Buddha Ancient Clan’s upcoming martial tournament, while powerful guests gathered there. The arrival of a seductive woman and a mysterious white-haired elder drew Maha You’s attention.

• Mu Feng welcomed Ling Xi as his future family and set out for the Buddha Realm with her and Mu Chen.
• The chapter described the Buddha Ancient Clan’s protected Ancestral Realm and the guests arriving for its tournament.
• Maha You arrived on behalf of the Mohe Ancient Clan to assess the Buddha Ancient Clan’s strength and found that the Tailing Ancient Clan had yet to arrive.
• A fiery-red beauty and a white-haired elder arrived, and Maha You recognized them as formidable figures.

Xiao Xiao and Yao Chen confronted Mohe You, who backed down after recognizing their ties to the Flame Emperor. Lin Jing arrived in Futu City, reunited with Xiao Xiao, and decided to pursue her feelings for Mu Chen while they waited for him.

• Mohe You recognized Xiao Xiao and Yao Chen as the Flame Emperor's daughter and teacher, and restrained his subordinate rather than risk provoking them.
• Yao Chen eased the standoff, and Lin Jing arrived and gave Xiao Cai a bottle of Ancient Fierce Flood Dragon blood.
• Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing greeted each other, learned they were both Heavenly Sovereigns, and agreed to wait for Mu Chen in Futu City.
• Lin Jing reflected on her aunts' advice and resolved to pursue her happiness and compete fairly with Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Diao greeted Yao Chen, revealing their familiarity.

Lin Diao and Yao Chen discussed the rarity of Saint Grade powerhouses and Grandmasters of Spirit Medicines while attending a gathering at the Buddha Ancient Clan. Watching Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing, Wen Qingxuan resolved to enter the Saint Pivot when she returned to her clan.

• Lin Diao said that reaching Saint Grade was difficult but believed he would eventually get there, and he praised Yao Chen's standing as a Saint Grade Grandmaster of Spirit Medicines.
• Yao Chen modestly described himself as an old fossil, while Lin Diao privately thought of his romantic history and compared it with the devotion of his brothers.
• Wen Qingxuan attended the gathering with the Northern Region Wen Family and watched Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing, whose status and power made her feel inadequate by comparison.
• Wen Qingxuan told the bewildered Wen Family head that she wanted to enter the Saint Pivot when she returned to the clan.

Wen Qingxuan decided to enter the Wen Family’s Saint Pivot and risk death to inherit her ancestors’ legacies and break through to Heavenly Sovereign. In Futu City, Mu Chen arrived at the Buddha Ancient Clan’s welcome with his father, Mu Feng, and was greeted by his aunt Qing Xuan.

• Wen Qingxuan asked the Wen Family Head to let her enter the Saint Pivot, and he agreed to support her decision.
• Elder Qing Xuan and members of the Buddha Ancient Clan gathered in Futu City to welcome a distinguished guest.
• Mu Chen arrived with Mu Feng and two other Heavenly Sovereigns, prompting the crowd to recognize him as the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Leader.
• Qing Xuan welcomed Mu Chen and explained that his mother, Qing Yanjing, had asked her to make his first visit grand.
• Qing Xuan examined Mu Feng, Qing Yanjing’s husband, and approved of him as a worthy match.

Mu Chen arrived at the Buddha Ancient Clan’s gathering with powerful companions and reunited with Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, and Wen Qingxuan, while several women showed interest in him. Maha You then sensed Immortal Golden Body fluctuations around Mu Chen’s group.

• Mu Chen introduced Mu Feng, Ling Xi, and the Fifth Hall Master to Aunt Xuan, who welcomed them respectfully.
• Qing Shuang admitted to Qing Ling that she wanted to marry Mu Chen, while Qing Ling proposed that they pursue him together.
• Mu Chen joined Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing, and the women greeted him warmly as Lin Diao and Yao Chen observed their interest.
• Mu Chen called over Wen Qingxuan, who accepted encouragement from the Wen Clan’s head and approached him with renewed confidence.
• Maha You sensed Immortal Golden Body fluctuations among Mu Chen’s companions.

Mu Chen arrived in the Buddha Realm as the Buddha Ancient Clan’s new Young Clan Master, where his encounter with Maha You revealed that both men possessed the Immortal Golden Body. He reunited with his family, toured the clan, and received authority over its protective array, leaving the succession settled and the clan impressed by his abilities.

• Maha You watched Mu Chen and recognized his Immortal Golden Body, while Mu Chen recognized Maha You as the Mohe Clan Leader’s younger brother.
• Mu Chen and Maha You’s Immortal Golden Bodies briefly manifested, and Maha You concluded that Mu Chen’s spiritual cultivation and physical strength made him a serious opponent.
• Mu Chen led the visiting factions through the passage to the Buddha Realm and later reunited with King Mu Feng and Qing Yanjing at the Qing Branch residence.
• Mu Chen visited the Council of Elders and toured the Buddha Ancient Clan’s branches as part of preparing for the transfer of power.
• Qing Yanjing transferred most of the authority over the Buddha Realm’s Clan-Protecting Ancestral Array to Mu Chen.
• The Buddha Clan’s members saw Mu Chen’s first public appearance and accepted that he was worthy of becoming Young Clan Master.

Mu Chen returned to the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Ancestral Land and received Ancestral Qi from the Buddha Ancestor, strengthening his Saint Futu and advancing his spiritual cultivation toward Immortal Grade. Half a month later, ancient bells summoned powerful figures across the Buddha Realm to the Central Mountain Range.

• Qing Yanjing explained that the Buddha Ancestor had returned from the Extreme North and was recovering inside the Ancestral Pagoda, then warned Mu Chen not to stare at it carelessly.
• Mu Chen asked the Buddha Ancestor for Ancestral Qi, and the Ancestral Pagoda sent a vast tide of it to envelop him.
• Mu Chen absorbed the Ancestral Qi as his Saint Futu grew purer and advanced through the Spirit Grade ranks, while his spiritual cultivation pressed toward Immortal Grade.
• Half a month later, ancient bells and chimes rang across the Buddha Realm, and powerful figures rushed toward the Central Mountain Range.

The Buddha Ancient Clan gathered for a major event as Qing Yanjing and the Council of Elders appeared before the assembled experts. The chapter explained the clan’s branch politics and Futu Xuan’s past, leaving the clan’s powerful factions assembled at the Central Mountain Range.

• The ancient bell summoned experts from across the Buddha Realm to the Central Mountain Range.
• Qing Yanjing appeared with Futu Xuan and the Council of Elders, including leaders from the Xuan, Mo, and Qing Branches.
• The clan’s rules gave a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign five Council seats, making Qing Yanjing’s Qing Branch the most influential despite its smaller numbers.
• Futu Xuan’s account revealed that he had risen from an orphaned branch clan to Saint Grade, then served the clan as Great Elder without founding a family or claiming Council seats.
• Qing Yanjing had removed Futu Xuan from power after his conservative rule weakened the clan, while leaving him as a powerless Supreme Elder.

At the Futu Clan’s Inter-Branch Martial Tournament, Mu Chen arrived and asked to represent the Jing Branch, prompting the Mo Branch to challenge his eligibility. Qing Yanjing invoked the clan’s promise that whoever recovered its lost supreme inheritance would receive a Council of Elders seat, leaving the elders facing an old obligation.

• Qing Yanjing opened the Inter-Branch Martial Tournament as the Xuan Branch and Mo Branch leaders privately planned to avoid provoking her by arranging a match between their branches.
• Mu Chen arrived at the tournament and asked Qing Yanjing to let him represent the Jing Branch.
• Mo You objected that Mu Chen held no Council of Elders seat and was therefore ineligible to compete.
• Qing Yanjing reminded the elders that the person who recovered the clan’s supreme inheritance was promised a Council of Elders seat and could become Young Clan Leader if they belonged to the younger generation.
• Qing Yanjing pointed out that Mu Chen had entered the Buddha Realm but still had no Council of Elders seat.

Mu Chen began his challenge bouts to establish his authority as Young Clan Leader, defeating two Xuan Branch elders with Imperial Suppression and Imperial Extinction. He left the clan and visiting powers astonished by the strength of his Speech Spirit technique.

• The Council of Elders accepted Mu Chen's seat, giving Jing Branch nine seats and clearing the way for his duels.
• Mu Chen challenged Early Spirit Grade Elder Xuan Lin, then used Imperial Suppression to force him out of his Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Body and slam him to the ground.
• Mu Chen called Elder Xuan Jin to the platform, and Xuan Jin attacked with the Spirit Vein Divine Ability Giant Spirit Hammer Heaven Hand.
• Mu Chen used Imperial Extinction to cave in Xuan Jin's chest and send him flying precisely back into his seat.
• The gathered leaders speculated about Mu Chen's Speech Spirit technique, while King of Hundred Spirits recognized it as a Great Perfection Divine Art once cultivated by Dean Tai Cang.

Mu Chen defeated Hei Guang, securing the Qing Branch an additional Council of Elders seat after the Xuan Branch lost all three matches. The Mo Branch then began defending its seats, and Mo Yin entered the platform determined to win.

• Hei Guang summoned his Supreme Dharma Image and unleashed a swarm of azure wind dragons, but Mu Chen's Imperial Execution formula destroyed the attack.
• Hei Guang believed Mu Chen was only Late Spirit Grade, but Mu Chen deprived him of his five senses and knocked him unconscious.
• Great Elder Qing Yanjing announced that the Xuan Branch had lost a seat to the Qing Branch.
• Mo Xin asked Mu Chen to let the Mo Branch choose its defenders, but Mu Chen refused.
• Mu Chen challenged Mo Yin, who exchanged a knowing look with Mo Tong and declared that he had to win as he finished forming seals.

Mo Yin unleashed the Spirit Transformation Secret Art against Mu Chen, but Mu Chen absorbed its attack with his Saint Futu and revealed that he had reached the peak of Late Spirit Grade, one step from Immortal Grade. Watching the battle, Xiao Xiao grew anxious about her lack of a special skill and asked Yao Chen to train her in alchemy.

• Mo Yin sacrificed his Supreme Dharma Image to unleash a torrent of spiritual energy at Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen summoned his Crystal Saint Futu and absorbed Mo Yin's attack, leaving Mo Yin gravely weakened and unconscious.
• Mu Chen revealed his peak Late Spirit Grade cultivation, and the Buddha Ancient Clan members welcomed the prospect of a powerful future clan leader.
• Xiao Xiao noticed Wen Qingxuan's Spirit Alchemist ambitions and Lin Jing's artifact-crafting studies, then worried that she had no comparable specialty.
• Xiao Xiao asked Yao Chen to resume training her in alchemy, and Yao Chen understood that love had inspired her decision.

During the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Inter-Branch Martial Tournament, Mu Chen faced Mo Branch elder Mo Gu, who unleashed the Spirit Locking Secret Art to restore his vitality and return to his prime. Mo Gu’s Immortal Grade strength still failed to overpower Mu Chen, and their fight continued with close combat.

• Yao Chen reflected on Xiao Xiao’s advantages and expressed confidence in her future as a Spirit Alchemist.
• Mo Tong secretly summoned Mo Gu to fight Mu Chen after Mo Yin’s defeat.
• Mo Gu used the Spirit Locking Secret Art to release his sealed vitality and return to his middle-aged prime.
• Mo Gu summoned his Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Body and traded blows with Mu Chen, but could not defeat him.
• Mo Gu abandoned the Spiritual Body exchange and switched to close combat, only to find Mu Chen’s Dragon-Phoenix Body exceptionally powerful.

Mu Chen survived Mo Gu’s strongest attack with the Immortal Golden Lotus and revealed the Immortal Golden Gourd, which captured the Mo Branch elder. The battle ended with Mu Chen standing victorious and Mo Gu sealed inside the gourd.

• Mo Gu summoned the Great Profound Nether Dharma Body, but Mu Chen matched it with his violet-gold Supreme Dharma Image.
• Mo Gu unleashed the Profound Nether Annihilation River, submerging Mu Chen and the surrounding land.
• Mu Chen emerged unharmed from a blooming Immortal Golden Lotus, while Mo Gu’s Spiritual Locking Art wore off and returned him to old age.
• Mu Chen formed the Immortal Golden Gourd from Immortal Divine Patterns and called Mo Gu’s name.
• Mo Gu answered Mu Chen, and the gourd pulled him in, sealing his senses and consciousness.