Recaps

Mu Chen arrived to defend the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy from Great Cauldron’s challenge and confronted Liu Zheng, who had defeated the academy’s remaining fighters. After Mu Chen exposed Liu Zheng’s artificially boosted cultivation, Liu Zheng attacked him in humiliation.

• Northern Heavens students called for Mu Chen, who arrived riding a white dragon and caught a defeated senior.
• Mu Chen faced Liu Zheng and pointed out that both were new students, while Liu Zheng had been rejected by the Northern Heavens.
• Liu Zheng unleashed his late Heavenly Passage Realm spiritual energy, but Mu Chen’s stronger dark energy forced it back and made him stagger.
• Mu Chen revealed that Liu Zheng had used outside help to raise his cultivation and had damaged his potential, prompting Northern Heavens students to jeer.
• Dean Tai Cang questioned whether Liu Zheng could lead Great Cauldron at the next Academy Tournament, and Fei Qingsong reacted with displeasure.
• Humiliated and furious, Liu Zheng attacked Mu Chen with ruthless methods.

Mu Chen used the Tai Cang Divine Sound to defeat Liu Zheng, prompting Fei Qingsong to reveal Xue Shi, a Blood God Royal Clan prodigy who challenged Mu Chen by bringing up Luo Li. Xue Shi attacked with his Blood Sea Sword, and the battle was left unresolved.

• Mu Chen declared Liu Zheng guilty and used the Tai Cang Divine Sound to strip away his senses and spiritual energy, causing him to collapse.
• Fei Qingsong revealed Xue Shi, a Blood God Royal Clan member, as Great Cauldron's next fighter.
• Xue Shi asked Mu Chen about Luo Li and identified her as the daughter of Luo Tianhe and the Luo God Clan's next empress.
• Mu Chen mocked Xue Shi as an insignificant clan member, angering him.
• Xue Shi unleashed his late-stage Heavenly Passage Realm blood spiritual energy and attacked Mu Chen with the Blood Sea Sword.

Mu Chen defeated and killed Xue Shi with the Thunder God Hand after Xue Shi summoned the Blood God Armor and unleashed his blood river. Dean Tai Cang confronted Fei Qingsong over the death, and Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy left after threatening to appeal to the Blood God Clan.

• Xue Shi summoned the Blood God Armor and challenged Mu Chen after surviving the Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Mu Chen used the Thunder God Hand to destroy Xue Shi's Blood River Reaching the Heavens and cripple his strength.
• An Ancient Thunder Beast swallowed Xue Shi, killing the Blood God Royal Clan genius.
• Fei Qingsong rose in anger, but Dean Tai Cang dispersed his pressure and reminded him that Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy had demanded a fight to the death.
• Fei Qingsong threatened that the Blood God Clan might retaliate, then carried his students away while Dean Tai Cang dismissed the threat.

Mu Chen traveled with Dean Tai Cang to Holy Spirit City to take part in the Sacred Spirit Baptism at Holy Spirit Mountain. After Dean Tai Cang left him to explore the city, Mu Chen met Xia Youran, who knew Ling Xi.

• Dean Tai Cang opened the Northern Heavens Gate and sent the Heaven Ranking experts inside with Zhu Tian and Mo You, while Mu Chen prepared to go to Holy Spirit Mountain instead.
• Dean Tai Cang brought Mu Chen to Holy Spirit City and explained why the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy would not seize control of Holy Spirit Mountain immediately.
• Dean Tai Cang left Mu Chen to visit the Holy Spirit Pavilion on his own, and the pavilion's guard welcomed him after recognizing his academy crest.
• Xia Youran arrived at the pavilion, recognized Mu Chen, and introduced herself as a Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy senior who had once been saved by Ling Xi.

Mu Chen met Xia Youran at Holy Spirit Pavilion, where she introduced him to the continent’s prodigies and warned him about Demon Punishment Heaven. Demon Punishment Heaven confronted Mu Chen, intending to kill Northern Heavens’ leading successor as revenge for the destruction of the Dragon Demon Palace.

• Xia Youran explained that her father, Xia Tianyan, had arranged her engagement to Liu Ying despite her lack of interest in the match.
• Xia Youran took Mu Chen inside and promised to protect him at Holy Spirit Mountain; Liu Ying later vowed to make Mu Chen pay once they entered the mountain.
• Demon Punishment Heaven entered Holy Spirit Pavilion, and Xia Youran warned Mu Chen that the former Dragon Demon Palace prodigy might be targeting him.
• Mu Chen recognized Demon Punishment Heaven as a valuable bounty and grew eager to claim his rewards, puzzling Xia Youran.
• Demon Punishment Heaven revealed that he had survived the Dragon Demon Palace’s fall and had come to kill Mu Chen to avenge his sect and undermine Northern Heavens.

Mu Chen ambushed Demon Punishment Heaven, and the two fought at the first Physical Body Tribulation. They summoned rival Divine Artifacts, leaving their dragons battling in the clouds above the city.

• Mu Chen suddenly struck Demon Punishment Heaven and smashed him through the Holy Spirit Pavilion into a nearby building.
• Demon Punishment Heaven broke free and attacked Mu Chen with deathly spiritual energy, but Mu Chen countered with the Vajra Futu Hand.
• Demon Punishment Heaven summoned the Dragon-Devouring Demon Spear and unleashed its dragon form against Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen brought out the White Dragon Spirit Bead, and its white dragon collided with the spear’s black dragon in the sky.

Mu Chen defeated Demon Punishment Heaven after the Dragon Demon Palace prodigy unleashed a forbidden blood talisman and the Ancient Demonic Bird swallowed it. Demon Punishment Heaven died, while the stolen spiritual power pushed Mu Chen close to the Second Spiritual Power Tribulation, and Mu Chen asked witnesses to confirm that he had killed his opponent.

• Mu Chen used the White Dragon Spirit Bead and White Dragon Jade Pillar to batter Demon Punishment Heaven, whose Black Sha Dragon Spear began to crack under their repeated clashes.
• Demon Punishment Heaven detonated his spear and activated the Dragon-Slaying Demon Talisman, burning his blood essence, Origin Energy, and life force to attack Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen activated his Thunder God Body and charged through the spiritual-power storm as the talisman descended upon him.
• The Ancient Demonic Bird appeared, swallowed the Dragon-Slaying Demon Talisman, and returned its vast spiritual power to Mu Chen, bringing him close to the Second Spiritual Power Tribulation.
• Demon Punishment Heaven died after seeing his final attack strengthen Mu Chen, and Mu Chen asked the surrounding witnesses to attest that he had killed him.

Mu Chen claimed the Tai Cang Divine Sound after killing Demon Punishment Heaven, then entered Holy Spirit Mountain with the other young geniuses. As a deadly spatial storm swept through the Heavenly Sovereign’s realm, he spotted what appeared to be a complete Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone.

• Mu Chen used Demon Punishment Heaven’s corpse to claim the Tai Cang Divine Sound from Dean Tai Cang, who revealed he had destroyed the Dragon Demon Palace’s remaining forces.
• Dean Tai Cang urged Mu Chen to hurry as Holy Spirit Mountain opened, and Mu Chen joined thousands of geniuses entering the stabilized spatial passage.
• Mu Chen met Xia Youran and a red-armored beauty above the mountain, while Liu Ying grew jealous of his fiancée’s conversation with Mu Chen.
• Three days later, a spatial storm tore through the realm and killed fleeing geniuses, so Mu Chen prepared to avoid it.
• Mu Chen spotted a crystalline hand bone floating inside a ball of spiritual energy at the heart of the storm and recognized it as a possible complete Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone.

Mu Chen entered the spatial storm to seize a treasure and killed Wu Tong, who tried to delay him for an unnamed patron. A mysterious man sealed and took the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone, leaving the remaining contenders furious and the identity of Wu Tong’s patron unresolved.

• Mu Chen plunged into the spatial storm and used his Thunder God Body to race toward the treasure as other warriors followed.
• Wu Tong attacked Mu Chen, then admitted he had been hired to hold him off while someone else seized the treasure.
• Mu Chen shattered Wu Tong’s halberd, killed him despite his plea for mercy, and took his Mustard Seed Bracelet.
• Mu Chen transformed into a white dragon and sped toward the storm’s center, intent on claiming the treasure before settling the score with Wu Tong’s patron.
• A veiled man seized the crystalline Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone and sealed its power with a Mandala God Flower.
• The remaining contenders shouted in anger as the thief escaped with the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone.

Mu Chen claimed the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone, then defeated Liu Ying, who had ambushed him to steal it. Liu Ying was left sealed and beaten, at Mu Chen’s mercy.

• Mu Chen noticed Liu Ying’s assassination attempt and revealed that he had seen through Liu Ying’s Dark Shadow Divine Art.
• Liu Ying admitted he had waited to steal the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone because he could not break through the Heavenly Sovereign’s lingering pressure himself.
• Liu Ying attacked Mu Chen with the Dark Shadow Dagger, but Mu Chen blocked his strikes with his bare hands and taunted him.
• Liu Ying unleashed Heaven-Binding Shadow, but Mu Chen’s Futu God Pagoda absorbed and refined the giant shadow.
• Mu Chen struck Liu Ying with the White Tiger God Seal, sealed his meridians, and knocked him to the ground.
• Mu Chen crouched beside the wounded Liu Ying and asked what he should do with him.

Mu Chen killed Liu Ying, obtained Heavenly Sovereign Essence Blood and a Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone, and headed for the Holy Spirit Baptism Ground. As contestants gathered at the Nine Heavens Ladder, the final platform on its eighth level remained unclaimed, and Dong Yuan wondered why Liu Ying had not arrived.

• Mu Chen killed Liu Ying and burned his body away with mysterious black flame.
• The Immortal Page extracted Heavenly Sovereign Essence Blood from the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone, and Mu Chen sealed the blood to send to the King of Hundred Spirits.
• Mu Chen decided to implant the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone in his right hand as a trump card and later refine it into a weapon.
• After more than half a month of chaos, Mu Chen left seclusion and joined the crowd heading to the Nine Heavens Ladder.
• Powerful contestants claimed nearly every platform, while the final eighth-level platform stayed empty and Dong Yuan wondered why Liu Ying had not appeared.

Mu Chen arrived at the Cloud Ladder on a white dragon, killed Green Tiger with one blow, and took his seat on the eighth layer. When the prodigies debated who would claim the ninth layer, Mu Chen claimed all of it for himself, provoking Su Buxiu and Xi Qinghai.

• A white dragon carried Mu Chen up to the eighth layer, where Green Tiger attacked him and Mu Chen killed him with his ancient battle staff.
• Mu Chen greeted Xia Youran and exchanged flattering words with Dong Yuan, who had nearly questioned him about Liu Ying.
• Su Buxiu proposed discussing the three seats on the ninth layer, while Zhou Xuan argued that the strongest should take them by fighting.
• Mu Chen stepped onto the ninth layer and declared it his, telling the other seven to stay on the eighth.
• Su Buxiu challenged Mu Chen's claim, and Xi Qinghai ordered him to get down.

Mu Chen held the top of the Heavenly Ladder, repelled four prodigies, and began absorbing the Sacred Spirit Baptism. As the baptism strengthened his body and Spirit Soul, the Spiritual Power Tribulation suddenly began.

• Xi Qinghai proposed that the experts join forces against Mu Chen, but two veteran powerhouses refused and Mu Chen sent Xia Youran back to the eighth level.
• Xi Qinghai, Zhou Xuan, Su Buxiu, and Dong Yuan attacked Mu Chen together, and the Northern Heavens Demon King defeated them with the Four Gods Heaven Sealing Seal.
• The Sacred Spirit Baptism began, with Mu Chen claiming four-tenths of its benefits from his position atop the Heavenly Ladder.
• Mu Chen used the Great Pagoda Art to absorb the golden baptism light and strengthen his body, Spirit Soul, and foundation.
• Transparent flames erupted inside Mu Chen, beginning the Spiritual Power Tribulation, the second of the Three Small Tribulations of the Supreme.

After the Sacred Spirit Baptism, Mu Chen returned to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and trained in Spirit Arrays with Ling Xi. The Northern Heavens Gate then reopened, bringing back its trainees and a delighted reunion with Ye Qingling.

• The Sacred Spirit Baptism ended, and Dean Tai Cang escorted Mu Chen back to the academy after he chose not to pursue training through the Northern Heavens Gate.
• Mu Chen visited Ling Xi Courtyard to improve his Spirit Array skills, then caressed Ling Xi's bare foot until the Northern Heavens Gate's opening interrupted them.
• The Bronze Giant Gate reopened, and Zhu Tian and Mo You led more than twenty powerful trainees out of it.
• Dean Tai Cang and the other Supremes welcomed the returning trainees, who had all reached the top thirty on the Heaven Ranking except for Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens Demon King.
• Ye Qingling spotted Mu Chen, rushed toward him, and showed her delight at his return.

Northern Heavens announced four elite squads for the Academy Tournament and gathered to send them off, while Dean Tai Cang warned Mu Chen about formidable rivals, especially Ji Xuan. The chapter ended with the squads preparing to depart and the academy learning that Ling Xi had reached the Spirit Array Grandmaster realm.

• Mu Chen reunited affectionately with Luo Li, and Dean Tai Cang announced the twenty-member roster divided into four squads led by Mu Chen, Luo Li, Shen Cangsheng, and Li Xuantong.
• Northern Heavens chose Squad One, captained by Mu Chen and including Mu Kui, Bing Qing, He Yao, and Su Xuan, as its strongest squad and its best hope of reaching the final eight.
• Three days later, students and teachers gathered at Northern Abyss Plaza as Dean Tai Cang gave the four squads final instructions before their departure.
• The Northern Abyss Dragon Kun discovered that Ling Xi had become a Spirit Array Grandmaster and was stunned by her rapid advancement.
• Dean Tai Cang warned Mu Chen that Ji Xuan, a Heavenly Meridian heir of the Ji Clan, had likely reached the Spirit Soul Tribulation after defeating a sect on his own.

Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens Squad entered the Academy Tournament on Relic Continent, where Mu Chen quickly seized points from the teams gathered nearby. The squad left the weaker teams stripped of their Academy Tokens, while Jiu You stayed behind in the Northern Heavens to cultivate.

• Ling Xi promised Mu Chen a present if he won the Academy Tournament, and Jiu You emerged from seclusion as a Fifth Grade Supreme.
• Jiu You agreed to remain in the Northern Heavens and train under the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun while Mu Chen and the squad departed for the tournament.
• The Northern Heavens Squad arrived on Relic Continent and found many Spirit Academy teams gathered in the same area.
• Mu Chen rejected He Yao's suggestion to wait for other teams to fight and used his Ancient Demonic Bird form to demand their Academy Tokens.
• The Northern Heavens Squad collected twelve hundred points from the surrounding teams, leaving them crouched and helpless.

The Northern Heavens Squad exploited the tournament’s early deployment points to climb the rankings before the surrounding teams fled. Mu Chen then learned that Lin Zhou’s Desolate Spiritual Academy team was approaching and went to meet them as they battled Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy.

• The Academy Tokens revealed the top sixteen teams, including two teams from Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, and Mu Chen ordered his team to pursue nearby deployment points.
• For three days, the Northern Heavens Squad swept deployment points and rose as high as fourth before its reputation drove nearby teams away and its ranking fell to sixth.
• Mu Chen defeated a powerful Demon Vulture Spiritual Academy team, prompting the remaining fighters to surrender their Academy Tokens.
• He Yao reported that Lin Zhou’s Desolate Spiritual Academy team was heading toward them, and Mu Chen led his team to meet it.
• Lin Zhou’s team cornered Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy after pursuing it for a thousand miles, unaware that they had entered Mu Chen’s hunting ground.

Mu Chen’s Northern Heavens Squad ambushed the Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy squad after Shen Jun planned to attack the Desolate Spiritual Academy. Mu Chen defeated Shen Jun and took the Azure Heaven squad’s Academy Token, leaving Shen Jun to recognize Mu Chen’s reputation from the Spirit Road Blood Disaster.

• The Northern Heavens Squad watched the Desolate Spiritual Academy pursue the Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy while Mu Chen sensed the approaching Azure Heaven squad.
• Shen Jun planned to ambush the Desolate Spiritual Academy and take its points, hoping to make a name for himself.
• Mu Chen revealed himself, and Shen Jun realized he was facing the Northern Heavens Demon King.
• Mu Chen struck Shen Jun down with the Vajra Futu Hand, and Shen Jun ordered his squad to surrender its Academy Token.
• Mu Chen stopped his lightning sword-finger just short of Shen Jun’s brow and recalled his old connections to Qiu Beihai and King Xuan Ji Xuan.

Mu Chen’s team defeated the Azure Heaven, Great Cauldron, and Desolate Spiritual Academies, taking their points and learning about ruins tied to the ancient Wood God Palace. The squad reached the crowded forest where the ruins might emerge, only to find that many other teams had received the same information.

• Mu Chen defeated Shen Jun’s Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy team, took its points, and raised his team to fifth place.
• Mu Chen’s team arrived as the Desolate Spiritual Academy defeated the Great Cauldron Spiritual Academy, then forced both teams to surrender their points and climbed to third place.
• Lin Zhou offered information about the Wood God Palace’s ruins in exchange for points, and Mu Chen gave him only ten after hearing the details.
• Mu Chen briefly reappeared after leaving, frightening Lin Zhou and the remaining academy experts.
• Half a day later, Mu Chen’s squad reached a dark primeval forest crowded with more than a hundred teams seeking the possible ruins site.

Mu Chen provoked Holy Son Xiahou of the Holy Spirit Academy and defeated him in front of both academies’ squads. He demanded the Academy Tokens from Xiahou’s teammates after revealing that he had reached the Spirit Soul Tribulation.

• Mu Chen dismissed Xiahou as inferior to Ji Xuan, prompting Bing Qing and the others to remind him that Ji Xuan had once been the strongest of the Four Holy Sons.
• After deciding Xiahou’s glare made him an enemy, Mu Chen led his teammates over and taunted Xiahou about his past match with Ji Xuan.
• Xiahou flew into a rage and attacked Mu Chen with the Star-Shattering Divine Finger, but Mu Chen’s Samsara Death Seal broke through the attack and struck him down.
• Mu Chen grabbed Xiahou by the throat and crushed it after Xiahou refused to hand over his Academy Token.
• Mu Chen demanded the remaining Holy Spirit Academy members’ Academy Tokens, and the onlookers realized he had reached the Spirit Soul Tribulation.

Mu Chen’s team absorbed Xiahou Team and met Zhou Yuan and Tang Mei’er, then flew over the strange Dark Forest toward the Wood God Palace. Their passage revealed that an Air-Prohibition Spiritual Array prevented the other teams from crossing.

• After the last Holy Spirit Academy expert surrendered his Academy Token, Mu Chen killed him, and Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy rose to third place behind Ji Xuan Team.
• Zhou Yuan and Tang Mei’er introduced themselves and their teams to Mu Chen, who learned that Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling were competing under Qingluan.
• Tang Mei'er and Zhou Yuan each tried to connect with Mu Chen through his childhood companions, distracting him from pursuing Ji Xuan Team.
• Mu Chen transformed into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and carried his team over the Dark Forest, while Zhou Yuan marveled at his strength.
• More than a hundred other competitors tried to fly over the forest but were forced down or killed by an Air-Prohibition Spiritual Array.

Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens Squad reached the Wood God Palace’s side hall and discovered that the supposed Immortal Spirit Tree was a deadly Demonic Spirit Tree. Mu Chen destroyed it with Nine Nether Underworld Fire and swallowed the spiritual energy it left behind.

• Mu Chen used Tai Cang Divine Sound to free his teammates from the Demonic Spirit Tree’s bewitching fragrance, and Mu Kui identified the tree as demonic.
• Cultivators rushed to eat the supposed Immortal Spirit Fruits, but the fruits poisoned them, setting their bodies aflame and turning them into blood mist that the tree absorbed.
• The tree revealed its true, black and demonic form as surviving cultivators recoiled in horror.
• Mu Chen ignited the Demonic Spirit Tree with Nine Nether Underworld Fire, stopping it from escaping and reducing it to spiritual energy.
• Mu Chen swallowed the Demonic Spirit Tree’s spiritual energy and burped with satisfaction.

Mu Chen's squad learned that the Wood Spirit Academy had ambushed the Wu Ling Academy and Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy, then entered the Divine Wood Palace and found an Immortal Spirit Tree. As He Yao reached for its fruit, Zhen Qing and four black-robed companions appeared and confronted the Northern Heavens Squad.

• Tang Mei'er and Zhou Yuan arrived with their injured squads and explained that a mysterious group controlling Demonic Spirit Trees had attacked them.
• Mu Kui identified the attackers as the Wood Spirit Academy, treated Tang Mei'er and her companions for poison, and Mu Chen refused Zhou Yuan's request to join forces.
• Mu Chen led the Northern Heavens Squad into the Divine Wood Palace, where he sensed an immature Immortal Spirit Tree bearing fruit.
• A poisoned wooden spear flew at He Yao as he reached for the tree, but Mu Chen caught and crushed it with a lightning-wreathed hand.
• Zhen Qing appeared with four black-robed companions, mocked Mu Kui, and confronted the Northern Heavens Squad.

Mu Chen and his companions fought Zhen Qing and the Wood Spirit Academy team over the Immortal Spirit Tree, and Mu Kui killed his longtime tormentor. After Mu Chen destroyed the enemy bodies and concealed the evidence, the group prepared to divide the spoils.

• Mu Kui challenged Zhen Qing after he demanded the Immortal Spirit Tree, while Mu Chen let him fight and watched over him.
• Mu Chen forced a Wood Spirit Clan fighter to kill himself with an ancient divine art, while Bing Qing and the others fought the remaining opponents.
• Mu Chen used Tai Cang Divine Sound to strengthen Mu Kui and weaken Zhen Qing as their duel turned against Zhen Qing.
• Zhen Qing unleashed a Wood Spirit Puppet that Mu Chen promptly destroyed, leaving Zhen Qing stunned.
• Mu Kui killed Zhen Qing with the Wood God Spear, and Mu Chen burned the bodies to conceal the team's involvement.
• Mu Chen urged his companions to recover and divide the spoils.

Mu Chen claimed the Wood God Guard in the main hall and used it to force the gathered Spirit Academy teams to surrender their Academy Tokens. After letting them leave, his team rose to second place and drew closer to Wen Qingxuan Team.

• Mu Chen kept the ancient leaf-shaped talisman he had found inside the Immortal Spirit Tree and led his team to the main hall, where dozens of Spirit Academy teams had gathered around a Wood God Guard.
• Mu Chen declared the Wood God Guard his and intimidated the crowd while Mu Kui used the talisman to awaken it and activate the hall's barrier.
• Mu Chen demanded the teams hand over their Academy Tokens, and the Wood God Guard crushed Barbarian Spirit Academy when its captain grew angry.
• Zhou Yuan and Tang Mei'er asked whether Wu Ling Academy and Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy had to surrender their tokens, and Mu Chen let each team keep ten points while taking the rest.
• Mu Chen opened the barrier and released the teams, and the Mu Chen Team climbed to second place, overtaking Ji Xuan Team and closing in on Wen Qingxuan Team.