Recaps

After defeating Mo Gu, Mu Chen surprised the Buddha Ancient Clan by challenging Mo Branch leader Mo Tong, a Quasi-Saint, instead of facing Ninth Elder Mo You. Mo Tong accepted the friendly spar despite Qing Yanjing's concerns, leaving the clan stunned as the match was set to begin.

• Mu Chen released Mo Gu after winning their match, and members of the Buddha Ancient Clan cheered for him.
• Ninth Elder Mo You prepared to fight Mu Chen, troubled by the risk of offending either Mu Chen and Qing Yanjing or Mo Tong.
• Mu Chen challenged Mo Tong directly, shocking the clan with his choice to face a Quasi-Saint.
• Qing Yanjing and Mu Chen's father warned him against recklessly challenging Mo Tong, but Mu Chen promised to keep the fight friendly.
• Mo Tong accepted the spar and told Qing Yanjing they would stop before anyone got hurt.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to the match, leaving the watching clan astonished by the decision.

Mu Chen challenged Mo Tong, the Quasi-Saint head of the Mo Branch, and stacked several powerful techniques before attacking with the Eight-Part Buddha. Mo Tong broke his promise to let Mu Chen strike first and countered with the Nether-Bright Palm; their clash destroyed the White Jade Battle Platform, leaving Mo Tong protected by his Great Youming Dharma Body.

• Mo Tong offered Mu Chen the first move, and Mu Chen fused with his black-and-white avatars to temporarily reach Immortal Grade before using the Great Wind-Calling Art for protection.
• Mu Chen summoned the Futu Pagoda and unleashed the Eight-Part Buddha, consuming nearly two billion drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid to fire eight beams of destruction at Mo Tong.
• Fearing the beams could kill him, Mo Tong broke his promise and countered with the Mo Branch's Nether-Bright Palm.
• The Eight-Part Buddha beams collided with Mo Tong's palm, unleashing a shock wave that destroyed the White Jade Battle Platform and shook the Central Mountain Range.
• After the storm cleared, Mo Tong remained standing behind his immense, ice-cold Great Youming Dharma Body.

Mu Chen defeated Mo Tong in the final seat-defense match of the Buddha Ancient Clan's Inter-Branch Martial Tournament, earning the Qing Branch an unprecedented eleventh Council seat. After the tournament ended, Mu Chen prepared to return to the Tianluo Continent while Ling Xi stayed behind to pursue Saint Grade under Qing Yanjing's guidance.

• Mu Chen's attack nearly pierced Mo Tong's Great Youming Dharma Body, and Mo Tong conceded the match despite surviving the assault.
• Great Elder Qing Yanjing declared Mu Chen the winner, giving the Qing Branch the seat and an unprecedented total of eleven Council seats.
• The tournament ended after a few perfunctory matches, and the gathered forces reacted with astonishment at Mu Chen's strength.
• Mu Chen saw off the allied forces and prepared to return to the Tianluo Continent, while Ling Xi stayed with Qing Yanjing to pursue Saint Grade.
• Qing Yanjing planned to connect the Buddha Continent and Hundred Spirit Continent with a Teleportation Spirit Array so Mu Feng could visit her whenever he wished.

Jiu You learned that her Bloodline Link with Mu Chen had carried her into the middle Spirit Grade, then discovered the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan had come to the Ancient Heavenly Palace for help. The Phoenix King Huang Jin was maneuvering to seize Jiu You’s Ancient Undying Bird bloodline, and the clan had left her to decide whether to attend the God Transformation Pool.

• Mu Chen’s breakthrough sent power through the Bloodline Link, advancing Jiu You from top-tier Great Perfection to the middle Spirit Grade.
• The Undying Bird Sovereign told Jiu You that Mu Chen had returned and someone from the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan had come seeking help.
• Mu Chen learned that a clan elder had betrayed the secret of Jiu You’s transformation into an Ancient Undying Bird, and the Phoenix King Huang Jin wanted her bloodline for his son Huang Xuanzhi’s final nirvana.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan refused the Phoenix King’s summons, citing Mu Chen and the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s protection, so Huang Jin turned to hidden threats and bribes.
• Huang Jin invited the clan to the God Transformation Pool, and Clan Leader Tian Huang sent an elder to ask Jiu You whether she would go.

The Undying Bird Sovereign and the other Beast Sovereigns agreed to help Jiu You challenge the Phoenix Clan at the God Transformation Pool gathering. With the Phoenix Clan allowing her to bring a guardian, Jiu You sought to cultivate with Mu Chen before the journey.

• The Undying Bird Sovereign grew angry over the Phoenix Clan's attempts to suppress Jiu You, while the Desolate Beast Sovereign and Myriad Spirit Bird Sovereign arrived to support her.
• Jiu You declared she would go to the Phoenix Clan and prove the Undying Bird bloodline still existed, and the Undying Bird Sovereign chose to escort her.
• The Myriad Spirit Bird Sovereign advised the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan to request permission for Jiu You to bring a Heavenly Sovereign guardian to the God Transformation Pool gathering.
• The Phoenix Clan agreed to let Jiu You bring a guardian, and the Beast Sovereigns anticipated the Phoenix King's defeat before the Heavenly Emperor's heir.
• With the gathering less than two months away, Jiu You asked Mu Chen to use the Great Emperor Inner Canon to help her advance before their journey.

The Phoenix Clan hosted the Divine Beast clans at the God Transformation Lake, where a mysterious black phoenix arrived with the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s delegation. The visitors recognized Jiu You, Mu Chen, and the Undying Bird Sovereign, leaving Huang Jin to face the return of a legendary figure from the ancient calamity.

• Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi arrived at the God Transformation Lake, followed by talented delegates from the Avian clans.
• A black phoenix with immense power appeared above the lake, drawing the gathered clans’ attention.
• Huang Jin recognized the bird’s ancient aura as belonging to the supposedly extinct Undying Bird lineage.
• Tian Huang, Jiu You, Mu Chen, Elder Lu, and a mysterious woman descended from the black phoenix.
• Kong Ling'er, Zong Qingfeng, and Xiao Tian recognized the woman as the Undying Bird Sovereign, and Huang Jin began to believe she had returned from the ancient calamity.

Phoenix King Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi sought to take Jiu You’s Undying Bird Bloodline through a Bloodline Link, while Mu Chen confronted Huang Xuanzhi’s supporters. Mu Chen used his Speech Spirit Divine Ability to defeat Fang Jing, leaving the gathered clans stunned.

• The Undying Bird Sovereign revealed herself as the Daoist Sect’s Guardian Beast Sovereign and said she would not interfere in Phoenix Clan affairs.
• Phoenix King Huang Jin considered the risks of a Bloodline Link between Jiu You and Huang Xuanzhi, and Huang Xuanzhi silently agreed to pursue it.
• Huang Xuanzhi dismissed Mu Chen and Jiu You, and Mu Chen said they were strong enough to kill him.
• Fang Jing challenged Mu Chen and attacked him with a golden beast claw.
• Mu Chen used his Speech Spirit Divine Ability to command Fang Jing to kneel, then crushed him under its pressure until he lost consciousness.

Mu Chen and Jiu You hunted Blood Essence Divine Beasts in the God Transformation Pool, and Jiu You advanced to Late Spirit Grade before splitting up with him. More than a dozen days later, Mu Chen was defeating a massive ancient Giant Kun while Jiu You remained out of contact but safe through their Bloodline Link.

• Phoenix King Huang Jin opened the God Transformation Pool, and the gathered prodigies plunged into the lake.
• Mu Chen destroyed a golden Blood Essence Divine Beast and gave its blood core to Jiu You to devour.
• Jiu You hunted more than twenty blood cores and broke through to Late Spirit Grade.
• Jiu You split from Mu Chen to test herself, while he warned her to call for help if she encountered Huang Xuanzhi.
• After a dozen or so days, Mu Chen battled a colossal ancient Giant Kun and drove away nearby prodigies with his overwhelming power.

Mu Chen defeated an ancient Giant Kun and absorbed its blood essence before Kong Ling'er, Zong Qingfeng, and Xiao Tian approached him to propose an alliance against Huang Xuanzhi. He refused and attacked the three prodigies, declaring that he would take the Quasi-Saint Essence Blood for himself; the clash began with both sides unleashing their powers.

• Mu Chen killed the ancient Giant Kun with the Vajra Futu Hand and absorbed its blood essence.
• Kong Ling'er, Zong Qingfeng, and Xiao Tian appeared and proposed that Mu Chen join their alliance against Huang Xuanzhi over the Quasi-Saint Essence Blood.
• Zong Qingfeng explained that Huang Xuanzhi had defeated their combined forces and grown stronger through cultivation in the God Transformation Pool.
• Mu Chen revealed that he would defeat the three prodigies first and claim all the Quasi-Saint Essence Blood before suppressing Huang Xuanzhi.
• Mu Chen attacked with the Samsara Death Seal, and Kong Ling'er, Zong Qingfeng, and Xiao Tian launched their combined techniques against him.

Mu Chen defeated Kong Ling'er, Xiao Tian, and Zong Qingfeng, then plundered their Blood Essences. Elsewhere, Jiu You evaded Lin Cang until a crystalline hand emerged from the void and struck him.

• Kong Ling'er, Xiao Tian, and Zong Qingfeng transformed into their divine beast forms and unleashed their strongest attacks on Mu Chen, but his Azure Dragon Divine Seal overwhelmed them.
• Mu Chen took the three heroes’ Blood Essences, refined their accumulated resources, and left after inviting them to seek cooperation again.
• Kong Ling'er, Xiao Tian, and Zong Qingfeng decided to find Lin Cang and regroup after Mu Chen defeated and plundered them.
• Lin Cang, newly advanced to Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, pursued Jiu You through the dark seabed and tried to force her to surrender.
• Jiu You used the Lesser Wind-Calling Art to evade Lin Cang, but he burned his essence blood to catch up and attack her.
• A crystalline hand emerged from the void and struck Lin Cang as he reached Jiu You.

Mu Chen and Jiu You killed Lin Cang, then tracked down a newly awakened Quasi-Saint Blood Essence and lured it into Mu Chen’s Void Spirit Array. The array began to fail under the beast’s assault, but Mu Chen detonated a hidden spiritual bomb inside it, leaving the creature badly wounded.

• Mu Chen rescued Jiu You from Lin Cang and defeated the Nine-Headed Golden Eagle with the Four Symbols Divine Canon.
• Mu Chen refined Lin Cang’s body into a blood core, which Jiu You took for herself.
• Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Pupil to find a Quasi-Saint Blood Essence and prepared a Void Spirit Array to trap it.
• Mu Chen used Lin Cang’s blood core as bait to lure the Blood Essence into the array.
• The Blood Essence battered the array until Mu Chen detonated a spiritual bomb hidden inside the bait, rupturing its belly and weakening it.

Mu Chen defeated the ancient sea beast and claimed its Quasi-Saint Blood Pill, but Huang Xuanzhi immediately tried to steal it. Mu Chen confronted him at Immortal Grade middle stage, and the chapter ended as his Futu Chaos Light swallowed Huang Xuanzhi’s lightning and threatened to trap him.

• Mu Chen used the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and Nether Heart Demon Lightning to erase the lingering will in the ancient sea beast, then sealed the Quasi-Saint Blood Pill.
• Huang Xuanzhi appeared and reached for the Blood Pill, but Mu Chen’s two clones emerged and blocked his attempt.
• Mu Chen used the Three-Unity Realm to rise to Immortal Grade middle stage, prompting Huang Xuanzhi to take him seriously.
• Mu Chen and Huang Xuanzhi exchanged Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame and Golden Phoenix Flame, which initially matched each other.
• Huang Xuanzhi summoned Polar Purple Phoenix Lightning, but Mu Chen’s Futu Chaos Light swallowed it and surged toward him.

Huang Xuanzhi unleashed the Nine Revolutions Saint-Becoming Art against Mu Chen, but Mu Chen countered his attacks and revealed the Ancient Dragon Phoenix. The Nine Revolutions Phoenix Bowl was destroyed before it could fully form, leaving Huang Xuanzhi stunned.

• Huang Xuanzhi used the Sun Moon Heavenly Phoenix Wings to scatter Mu Chen’s Futu Chaos Light, then summoned seven revolutions of the Nine Revolutions Saint-Becoming Art.
• Mu Chen’s Immortal Golden Gourd swallowed all seven divine abilities, then also swallowed Huang Xuanzhi’s eighth-revolution True Phoenix God-Burning Fan before cracking and exploding.
• Huang Xuanzhi used his own heart’s blood to form a ninth golden ring and began creating the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Bowl.
• Mu Chen summoned the Ancient Dragon Phoenix, whose overwhelming presence destroyed the still-forming Phoenix Bowl.

Mu Chen defeated Huang Xuanzhi at the God Transformation Pool, then shared the Quasi-Saint Blood Pill with Jiu You and grew stronger. Later, Mandala summoned Mu Chen to meet the Master of the Heavenly Palace.

• The Ancient Dragon Phoenix apparition startled Huang Xuanzhi, and Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Divine Light to defeat him, but Huang Jin's protection carried him away.
• Mu Chen and Jiu You joined hands to absorb the Quasi-Saint Blood Pill, forming a black egg around themselves.
• More than ten days later, the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan left the gathering, while Huang Xuanzhi returned to Huang Jin and the Phoenix King seethed over the defeat.
• After refining the Quasi-Saint Essence Blood, Mu Chen advanced to Middle Immortal Grade and Jiu You to Early Immortal Grade, with most of their gains strengthening their bloodlines and bodies.
• The Undying Bird Sovereign took Jiu You into seclusion, while Mandala summoned Mu Chen to meet the Master of the Heavenly Palace.

Mu Chen learned that the Mohe Ancient Clan planned to keep the Eternal Undying Body for itself, while his master, the Heavenly Emperor, ordered him to bring the Primordial Dharma Body back to the Daoist Sect. As the Eternal Gathering approached, the Heavenly Emperor kept Mu Chen in Daluo Heaven to strengthen his foundations, while Eternal City filled with competitors and spectators.

• Mu Chen told the Heavenly Emperor that the Mohe Ancient Clan had spread rumors about the Eternal Undying Body and the upcoming selection.
• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Mu Chen to bring the Eternal Undying Body back to the Daoist Sect and vowed to challenge the Mohe Ancient Clan for it.
• The Heavenly Emperor told Mu Chen to remain in Daluo Heaven, where he would teach him the Dao and help him consolidate his cultivation.
• Competitors and spectators gathered in Eternal City for the approaching Eternal Gathering, and betting platforms named Maha You, Ye Qing, Tuoba Cang, Shi Luo, and Mu Chen among the favorites.

At the Eternal Pagoda Gathering, Mu Chen faced Mohe Tian and Maha You’s hostility as the competitors entered the ancient pagoda. He narrowly avoided an immediate ambush by Qin Donghai, an Immortal Grade Middle Phase Heavenly Sovereign.

• Mu Chen met Mohe Tian’s gaze and silently mocked him, while Mohe Tian learned Mu Chen was Qing Yanjing’s son and ordered Maha You to eliminate him.
• Maha You surveyed fellow favorites Ye Qing, Tuoba Cang, and Shi Luo, then boasted that the Mohe God Clan would secure the Eternal Undying Body.
• After several days, the Eternal Pagoda opened, and the competitors entered its dark passage.
• Inside the pagoda, Mu Chen dodged Qin Donghai’s purple-gold sword strike by dispersing into countless wisps of wind.
• Qin Donghai apologized insincerely after attacking Mu Chen.

Mu Chen defeated Qin Donghai in the Eternal Pagoda and absorbed his Immortal Power, then advanced to the sixth level and met Vajra King Shi Luo. Shi Luo revealed his awareness of Mu Chen’s connection to the still-living Heavenly Emperor and waited to challenge him.

• Qin Donghai attacked Mu Chen with the Sea Dragon Art and Water Annihilation Bead, but Mu Chen used the Immortal Golden Gourd to capture him.
• Mu Chen absorbed Qin Donghai’s Immortal Power and swept through the Eternal Pagoda, defeating opponents as he advanced.
• On the sixth level, Mu Chen defeated a Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign, who conceded and left the pagoda.
• At the passage to the next level, Vajra King Shi Luo waited for Mu Chen and greeted him.
• Shi Luo privately asked Mu Chen to give his regards to the Heavenly Emperor, recognizing Mu Chen as the emperor’s beloved disciple and heir.

Mu Chen and Vajra King Shi Luo fought, first testing their formidable physiques and then trading powerful divine abilities. Their techniques collided in a destructive clash, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mu Chen revealed his Dragon Phoenix Dao Body and exchanged fierce physical blows with Shi Luo, matching the Vajra King's strength.
• Shi Luo conceded that Mu Chen's physical prowess rivaled his own, and the two joked about Buddhist doctrine before Shi Luo prepared his next attack.
• Shi Luo unleashed the Sacred Buddha Hand, but Mu Chen's Saint Futu Tower crushed it.
• Shi Luo used the Great Vajra Art to transform into a hundred-zhang giant and struck at Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen's Saint Futu Tower summoned eight demon gods, who formed the Futu Demon Jade and clashed with Shi Luo's Great Vajra Art, shattering the surrounding world.

Mu Chen emerged as the final challenger on the Eternal Pagoda’s seventh floor and faced Maha You, who sought to eliminate him before the Primordial Dharma Body appeared. Mu Chen raised his cultivation and attacked with powerful divine abilities as Maha You countered, leaving their battle underway.

• Vajra King Shi Luo was defeated by Mu Chen and teleported out of the Eternal Pagoda.
• Maha You, Ye Qing, and Tuoba Cang waited before an ancient sacred mountain, where they expected the Eternal Undying Body to be hidden.
• Mu Chen emerged from the spatial passage, and Tuoba Cang’s prediction that he would reach the final round proved correct.
• Ye Qing and Tuoba Cang began fighting, leaving Mu Chen and Maha You to face one another.
• Mu Chen merged with his two clones to reach late Immortal Grade and attacked Maha You with the Samsara Death Seal and White Tiger God Seal.
• Maha You blocked Mu Chen’s first attack with the Mohe Heaven Bell, then unleashed Yin Yang Profound Dragon Kill against the charging White Tiger.

Mu Chen unleashed the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Seal against Maha You after Maha You’s attacks and perfected Immortal Golden Body withstood the individual Four Symbols. The enormous seal reached Quasi-Saint power, leaving Maha You struggling beneath it.

• Maha You attacked Mu Chen with the Mohe divine power, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, and Mohe Heaven Spear.
• Maha You summoned his perfected Immortal Golden Body and blocked Mu Chen’s Azure Dragon Divine Seal.
• Maha You challenged Mu Chen to summon his own Immortal Golden Body, but Mu Chen refused and formed the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Seal.
• Mu Chen’s four Holy Spirits joined to create a vast seal that pressed down on Maha You and reached Quasi-Saint power.

Mu Chen and Maha You unleashed their supreme divine abilities against each other in the Eternal Pagoda, while Mohe Tian recognized Mu Chen’s thunder art as the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s inheritance. Their attacks collided, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Mu Chen used the Four Symbols Heaven Sealing Seal to destroy Maha You’s Supreme Dharma Body and plunder the origin of his Immortal Golden Body.
• Furious, Maha You decided to kill Mu Chen and unleashed the Mohe Ancient Clan’s Mohe Boundless Tribulation.
• Mu Chen countered with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Induction, summoning a vast storm of purple tribulation lightning.
• Mohe Tian recognized Mu Chen’s art as the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s inheritance and wondered how Mu Chen had obtained it.
• Mu Chen’s violet thunder sea collided with Maha You’s black-and-white storm, and the watching powerhouses waited to see who would prevail.

Mu Chen killed Maha You, a Quasi-Saint of the Mohe God Clan, and seized the clan’s Saint Pattern Talisman. He then faced Ye Qing and Tuoba Cang, who joined forces to attack him, and summoned the Eight-Part Buddha.

• Mu Chen survived Maha You’s attacks and killed him with his ancient battle staff before he could use his hidden trump card.
• The Mohe God Lord ordered his clan to prepare for war against Mu Chen and the Buddha Ancient Clan.
• Mu Chen took the Saint Pattern Talisman from Maha You’s corpse and learned that it could bind and restrain its target.
• Ye Qing and Tuoba Cang attacked Mu Chen together with Heaven Asura and Death-Net Blade-Drawing Art.
• Mu Chen summoned the Eight-Part Buddha and unleashed Futu Death Ray.

Mu Chen survived the Dark Gold Light Shadow’s attack and discovered that it was a counterfeit formed from lingering wills that had stolen the Primordial Dharma Body’s Immortal Origin. After using the Immortal Life-Death Transformation to test his strength against it, he decided to destroy it and ignited a powerful talisman, enraging the Mohe Clan Leader.

• The Eternal Undying Body appeared as the ancient Holy Mountain split open, while Ye Qing and Tuoba Cang were eliminated after Mu Chen defeated them.
• The Dark Gold Light Shadow awakened and attacked Mu Chen, whose Great Wind-Calling Art let him evade its strikes.
• Mu Chen realized the attacker was a counterfeit created from lingering wills that had absorbed Immortal Origin while the true Primordial Dharma Body remained asleep.
• Mu Chen used the Immortal Life-Death Transformation to recover after being struck and concluded that the gap between him and Saint Grade power was too great.
• Mu Chen ignited a yellowed talisman infused with Pagoda Divine Power, and the Mohe Clan Leader recognized it as a treasure of the Mohe God Clan and flew into a rage.

Mu Chen destroyed the Dark Gold Light Shadow with the Saint Pattern Talisman, freeing the Eternal Pagoda and awakening its spirit. He found the Eternal Undying Body and began to awaken it; half a year later, the Mohe God Clan and Buddha Ancient Clan faced off outside the Eternal Pagoda.

• Mu Chen used the Saint Pattern Talisman to control the Dark Gold Light Shadow and commanded it to explode, returning its Immortal Origin to the Eternal Pagoda.
• The Pagoda Spirit revealed that the Dark Gold Light Shadow was a counterfeit and showed Mu Chen the sleeping Eternal Undying Body.
• Mu Chen touched the Eternal Undying Body’s forehead and called on it to awaken and fight with him.
• Half a year later, thirty Heavenly Sovereigns and three Saint Grade combatants of the Mohe God Clan confronted thirty Heavenly Sovereigns from the Buddha Ancient Clan outside the Eternal Pagoda.

After five years inside the Eternal Pagoda, Mu Chen emerged with a Saint Grade Physical Body and faced Mohe Tian’s demand for vengeance. The Buddha Ancient Clan and Mohe Ancient Clan prepared for battle, but the Hetian Ancient Clan’s Black Heaven brothers arrived to support Mohe Tian over an old debt.

• Mu Chen emerged from the Eternal Pagoda, and the gathered factions saw the sacred Glazed Halo behind him.
• Mohe Tian attacked Mu Chen with a Saint Grade spiritual-power storm, but Mu Chen broke free and extinguished it with his Saint Grade Physical Body.
• Qing Yanjing recognized Mu Chen’s physical strength, while the chapter revealed that he had awakened the Eternal Undying Body, perfected the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Scripture’s ninth layer, and reached Quasi-Saint through spiritual power.
• Mohe Tian demanded Mu Chen’s life and ordered his Heavenly Sovereigns forward, while Qing Yanjing and Futu Xuan positioned the Buddha Ancient Clan to defend him.
• The Black Heaven brothers of the Hetian Ancient Clan appeared, and their leader explained that they had come to repay an ancestor’s debt to the Mohe Ancient Clan.