Recaps

Mu Chen and his team cultivated in the Wood God Palace side hall, strengthening their ranks while Mu Chen advanced to the second level of the Spirit Soul Tribulation. When Mu Chen sent his newly strengthened teammates to confront the attackers outside, Chen Xi’s group saw the barrier open and several people emerge.

• Mu Chen claimed the Divine Wood Stele, while Su Xuan, Bing Qing, and He Yao received the Wood God Guard, Azure Wood Armor, and azure war spear; Mu Kui copied the Heavenly Wood Divine Wheel cultivation method.
• Mu Chen Team secluded themselves in the side hall to cultivate, and Mu Chen used his accumulated power to break through to the second level of the Spirit Soul Tribulation.
• Mu Kui and Bing Qing broke through the Spiritual Power Tribulation, while Su Xuan and He Yao only reached its threshold.
• Mu Chen told his awakened teammates to deal with the group attacking the barrier, and Mu Kui and the others eagerly went to fight.
• Chen Xi of the All-Academy Alliance led his group in battering the barrier, hoping to raid Mu Chen Team and claim the Divine Wood Stele.
• The barrier opened on its own, and several people walked out as Chen Xi recalled the chiefs’ orders.

The Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy defeated the All-Academy Alliance after both sides’ Wood God Guards neutralized each other, and Mu Chen’s group claimed the enemy’s puppet. As they prepared to pursue the alliance, Wen Qingxuan arrived on the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and was recognized by Mu Chen.

• Chen Xi’s All-Academy Alliance confronted Mu Chen’s group, and both sides summoned Wood God Guards that clashed evenly.
• Mu Chen watched as the two teams fought, and Mu Kui and Bing Qing killed Chen Xi while Su Xuan and He Yao routed the remaining experts.
• Mu Kui reported that the defeated force belonged to the All-Academy Alliance, and Mu Chen decided to pursue its other members.
• Wen Qingxuan and four companions crossed the Dark Forest on the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, whose beast form shifted into a handsome man.
• Mu Chen recognized Wen Qingxuan from the battle of the kings and regarded her warmly because she had helped Luo Li oppose Ji Xuan.

Wen Qingxuan offered Mu Chen half her team’s points in exchange for Luo Li joining the Ten Thousand Phoenix team, but Mu Chen refused and declared her his rival. When he tried to take her points by force, Wen Qingxuan revealed Second Stage Spirit Soul Tribulation power and prepared to fight.

• Wen Qingxuan met Mu Chen and said she had come to see whether the All-Academy Alliance had confronted him.
• Wen Qingxuan offered half her team’s points if Luo Li joined the Ten Thousand Phoenix team, but Mu Chen said Luo Li’s decision was her own and refused to hand her over to a rival.
• Mu Chen revealed that he knew Wen Qingxuan’s Northern Region Wen Family background, and Wen Qingxuan vowed that she would eventually take Luo Li from him.
• Mu Chen stopped Wen Qingxuan from leaving and attacked her team with his Second Stage Spirit Soul Tribulation spiritual energy, sending her four teammates flying.
• Wen Qingxuan answered Mu Chen’s attack with golden spiritual energy at the Second Stage Spirit Soul Tribulation level.

Mu Chen defeated Wen Qingxuan in their Spirit Soul Tribulation duel using the Four Gods Constellation Scripture. After catching her as she fell, he sealed her spiritual energy, took her Academy Token, and tossed her to the ground.

• Wen Qingxuan attacked Mu Chen with her Heavenly Phoenix Spear, but his White Tiger God Seal knocked it back and wounded her.
• Wen Qingxuan transformed into a Golden Sacred Phoenix, but Mu Chen's Black Tortoise seal struck her down again.
• Mu Chen summoned the Four Gods Heaven Sealing Seal, and Wen Qingxuan merged with her Golden Sacred Phoenix and raised Golden Protection against it.
• The Four Symbols Divine Seal shattered Wen Qingxuan's golden sphere and sent her falling toward the ground.
• Mu Chen caught Wen Qingxuan, sealed her spiritual energy, took her Academy Token, and tossed her down.

Mu Chen Team seized the top spot on the points leaderboard after defeating Wen Qingxuan Team, and Mu Chen set out to learn who held the remaining Divine Wood Steles. In a trading town, he reunited with childhood friends from the newly renamed Mu Spirit Academy, whose team had deliberately sought him out.

• Ji Xuan flew into a rage when Mu Chen Team overtook his team and then claimed the leaderboard's top spot.
• The Golden Valkyrie told Wen Qingxuan Team that six Divine Wood Steles were needed to open the Wood God Palace Ruins and warned them about the All-Academy Alliance.
• Mu Chen ordered his team to gather information about the other Divine Wood Steles, learning that Holy Spirit Academy, Wu Ling Academy, Blood Spirit Academy, and Four Seas Spiritual Academy held them.
• Mu Chen Team visited a vast trading market and learned that Mu Spirit Academy had been renamed from Northern Spiritual Academy and was competing in the tournament for the first time.
• Zhou Yuan, Lie Jiu, and Luo Tong reunited with Mu Chen and explained that their team had deliberately changed course to meet him.
• Mu Chen assessed the Mu Spirit Academy team's cultivation and doubted that they could make a name for themselves with their current strength.

Mu Chen gave the Mu Spirit Academy squad an Immortal Spirit Tree so they could strengthen their cultivation, then the Northern Heavens Squad encountered Xue Tiandu of the Blood God Clan. Mu Chen defeated Xue Tiandu’s forces and survived his final ambush.

• Mu Chen gave Zhou Yuan the Immortal Spirit Tree and its fruits, helping the Mu Spirit Academy squad produce two Spiritual Power Tribulation experts after three days of seclusion.
• Zhou Yuan and his squad set off to find Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling after learning they were competing for the Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy.
• Mu Kui spotted two Blood Spirit Academy squads near the Wood God Palace Ruins, and Xue Tiandu introduced himself as the fourth prince of the Blood God Royal Clan.
• Xue Tiandu demanded Mu Chen’s Wood God Post and attacked with the Blood God Palm, but Mu Chen’s Tai Cang Divine Sound killed the weaker Blood God Clan members and left Xue Tiandu badly injured.
• Xue Tiandu tried to ambush Mu Chen with the Blood Dragon Suppression technique, but Mu Chen’s spirit sparrows dispersed and re-formed elsewhere while the blood dragon crushed Xue Tiandu.

Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens Squad faced several powerful teams at the revealed Wood God Mountain, where Mu Chen rejected an alliance with the Holy Spirit Academy. Wu Yingying then appeared with the Wu Ling Academy and angrily confronted Mu Chen, leaving the gathered spectators eager to see what would happen.

• The Wood God Mountain was revealed, and Mu Chen recognized the Grandmaster Spiritual Array surrounding it.
• The Four Seas Spiritual Academy and the All-Academy Alliance arrived, and Qin Feng and Liu Xiong recognized Mu Chen as the one who had defeated Chen Xi and his team.
• Wang Zhong offered to join forces with Mu Chen, but Mu Chen insulted him and refused.
• Wu Yingying arrived with the Wu Ling Academy, spotted Mu Chen, and shouted at him for being a lecher.

Mu Chen and the other Spirit Academy teams opened the Spirit Treasury and reached Spirit Treasure Mountain, where he saw the Nine Sun Spirit Ganoderma. He already possessed all three treasures needed to cultivate his Supreme Dharma Body.

• Mu Chen deflected Wu Yingying’s anger with a taunt, and she attacked him with her Crescent Moon Blade.
• The East Sea Spiritual Academy captain urged the gathered teams to open the Spirit Treasury, and Wang Zhong revealed that the Blood Spirit Academy had withdrawn after transferring its Wood God Post to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• The six Wood God Posts activated the ancient Spirit Array, opening a fissure that let the gathered competitors enter Wood God Mountain.
• Guided by the Wood God Posts, Mu Chen’s team reached Spirit Treasure Mountain, a nine-level treasury filled with guarded spiritual treasures.
• Mu Chen spotted the Nine Sun Spirit Ganoderma on the ninth level and recalled it was one of three treasures needed for the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Mu Chen realized he already had all three supreme treasures required to cultivate his Supreme Dharma Body.

Mu Chen revealed that he had already gathered the three supreme treasures needed to prepare for his breakthrough, then led his team into Spirit Treasure Mountain to claim its treasures. He ignored the mountain’s guardian and shattered its defenses with the Great Sumeru Pillar, leaving its treasures exposed.

• Mu Chen’s preparations paid off when the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun found the Nine Sun Spirit Ganoderma, Void Great Sun Fruit, and Undying Divine Leaf for him.
• The white-robed guardian explained Spirit Treasure Mountain’s nine levels and its challenge rules as battle puppets appeared.
• Bing Qing, Mu Kui, and He Yao chose treasures that could strengthen their Spirit Souls, and Mu Kui volunteered to test the challenges.
• Mu Chen stopped Mu Kui, summoned the Great Sumeru Pillar, and promised to fetch the Azure Dragon Vine himself.
• Mu Chen called on the Great Sumeru Pillar and Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow’s power to smash Spirit Treasure Mountain’s battle puppets and barrier, ignoring the guardian’s offer of the Wood God Palace legacy.
• The barrier shattered, and the white-robed guardian turned to ash under Mu Chen’s first blow.

Mu Chen plundered the Spirit Treasure Mountain, then destroyed Wang Zhong's pursuing Holy Spirit Academy team with the Great Sumeru Pillar. He led his companions toward the Spirit Storage Academy, where they entered the Thorn Iron Forest under a Spirit Prohibition Array while concealing their auras.

• Mu Chen distributed the treasures taken from the Spirit Treasure Mountain and led his team toward their next target.
• Wang Zhong found the Spirit Treasure Mountain destroyed, pursued Mu Chen, and demanded half the treasures.
• Mu Chen summoned the Great Sumeru Pillar and killed Wang Zhong and his entire team, while Mu Kui recovered a Wood God Post containing the Binding God Wood Vine.
• Mu Chen led his companions toward the Spirit Storage Academy, where they found a Spirit Prohibition Array that prevented entrants from using spiritual power.
• Mu Chen created seals to fool the array, then guided his team quietly into the Thorn Iron Forest behind another group.

The Northern Heavens Squad ambushed the All-Academy Alliance outside the Hidden Spirit Academy, and Mu Chen killed Purple Gold Halberd Qin Feng. Xiao Huang then confronted Mu Chen and proposed a Spirit Array contest, beginning to form his Heaven Binding array.

• Mo Yu used the Spirit Gold Compass to weaken the Hidden Spirit Academy’s defensive arrays while the All-Academy Alliance guarded the approach.
• Mu Chen sent the five Heaven Ranking experts to attack the Alliance’s sentries, whose sealed spiritual energy left them vulnerable.
• Mu Chen killed Qin Feng with a single strike, and Mo Yu retreated with Bear King Liu Xiong and their surviving subordinates.
• Xiao Huang emerged to protect the Alliance, and Mu Chen rejected any chance of peace between them.
• Xiao Huang challenged Mu Chen to a Spirit Array contest, then began forming his Heaven Binding array.

Mu Chen defeated Xiao Huang and the All-Academy Alliance, causing the alliance to collapse and boosting his team’s score. The Mu Chen Team then entered the Spirit Storage Academy and discovered a pool of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

• Mu Chen struck Xiao Huang with the Demon-Subduing Staff, then bound him with a minor Spirit Binding Array and took the Wood God Post.
• Xiao Huang summoned the Spirit Storage Academy Guardian Spirit, but the Towering Holy Pillar crushed it before Mu Chen’s team was harmed.
• Mu Chen’s team killed Xiao Huang, Liu Xiong, and Mo Yu with a powerful spirit array, and the All-Academy Alliance’s remaining members were defeated.
• The Mu Chen Team absorbed the Wang Zhong Team’s and the alliance’s points, while Wen Qingxuan’s team rose to third place.
• With the Academy Spirit dead, the Mu Chen Team entered the Spirit Storage Academy, where Su Xuan recognized the floating pool as Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

Mu Chen captured the Spirit Gathering Bowl and shared its Supreme Spiritual Liquid with his Northern Heavens companions. After seven days of cultivation, the team advanced, though Su Xuan and He Yao failed to enter the Spirit Soul Tribulation.

• Mu Kui identified the emerald pool as a Spirit Gathering Bowl, and the Northern Heavens members failed to collect its liquid themselves.
• Mu Chen used the Mandala flower and the Immortal Page's power to shrink the pool into an ancient jade bowl.
• Mu Chen gave each teammate two thousand drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid, and they began cultivating in seclusion.
• Seven days later, Mu Chen had entered the Threefold Divine Soul Tribulation, while Mu Kui and Bing Qing reached the First Divine Soul Tribulation.
• Su Xuan and He Yao passed the Spiritual Power Tribulation but failed to enter the Spirit Soul Tribulation.

Mu Chen and Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy reached the thunder checkpoint before Wood God Academy, where Xue Tianhe confronted him. Mu Chen revealed he could control the Divine Wood Gale Thunder and unleashed it on Xue Tianhe as the battle began.

• Mu Chen's team arrived at the Divine Wood Gale Thunder checkpoint, where teams had to endure the lightning to reach Wood God Academy and its Spirit Treasury.
• Wu Yingying mocked Mu Chen, while the crowd discussed the disappearance of Holy Spirit Academy's team and the absence of the All-Academy Alliance.
• Xue Tianhe arrived with Blood Spirit Academy and told Mu Chen he had no intention of avenging his half-brother Xue Tiandu.
• Mu Chen said he wanted Xue Tianhe's head because of the Blood God Clan's insult to Luo Li's father and the Blood Demon Arm.
• Xue Tianhe revealed his immense blood spiritual energy, and Mu Chen used Thunder Control Technique to send the Divine Wood Gale Thunder crashing down on him.

Mu Chen killed Xue Tianhe after foiling his desperate escape, then crossed the ancient Thunder Sea with his companions and reached the mountaintop plaza. There, he claimed the Black Tortoise Seal while the other teams pursued the remaining Spirit Soldiers.

• Xue Tianhe sacrificed the Blood Demon Arm and used the Blood Escape Method, but Mu Chen transformed into a white dragon and cut off his escape.
• Mu Chen defeated Xue Tianhe's Blood Demon Bell and Blood Demon Beast with the Azure Wood Divine Wheel, then killed him with the Dragon Locking Divine Stake.
• Mu Chen led his companions into the Thunder Sea, where he tempered his Thunder God Body as the other teams crossed the perilous checkpoint.
• A little over a hundred teams survived the Thunder Sea and reached the plaza, where ten Spirit Soldiers floated above the Heaven-Supporting Pillars.
• Mu Chen sent his companions after the supreme-grade Spirit Artifacts and took the Black Tortoise Seal without opposition.

Mu Chen collected the six Wood God Posts and learned the Wood God Palace’s Great Divine Art, then secluded himself to cultivate as the Academy Tournament grew more turbulent. With Mu Chen’s team inactive, Ji Xuan planned to take the top spot.

• Mu Chen stopped the Four Seas Spiritual Academy as it left and accepted its Wood God Post in exchange for letting it pass.
• Wu Yingying handed Mu Chen her Wood God Post while pretending to reject his explanation about seeing her bathe.
• Mu Chen combined the six Wood God Posts into ancient green bark and learned the Wood God Scripture and the Tree Planting Art.
• Mu Chen secluded himself to cultivate the Wood God Scripture, the Tree Planting Art, and the six Minor Divine Arts.
• The Spirit Academies fought fiercely across the Relic Continent, and Ji Xuan decided to seize first place while Mu Chen’s team remained in seclusion.

Cao Gang led three elite academy teams to ambush Mu Chen at the Wood God Palace Ruins, acting on Ji Xuan’s request. Mu Chen unleashed the Wood God Scripture and summoned Heavenly Wood Mountain, leaving the attackers trapped and fighting for their lives.

• Cao Gang, Mo Xiu, Qiu Ning, and Liu San waited outside the Wood God Palace Ruins with their teams, preparing to test Mu Chen on Ji Xuan’s behalf.
• Mu Chen and his team emerged from the ruins, and Mu Chen immediately guessed Ji Xuan was behind the ambush.
• Mu Chen unleashed the Wood God Scripture, drawing in the surrounding vegetation’s wood spirit energy and shocking the four teams with its vast power.
• Mu Chen formed Heavenly Wood Mountain and sent it crashing down, sealing the four teams’ escape routes.
• Cao Gang and the other captains launched their teams’ strongest techniques against the descending mountain.

After Mu Chen destroyed four ranked teams with the Wood God Scripture, he redirected his hunt toward Ji Xuan and began cutting through Ji Xuan’s allies. The chapter ended with Mu Chen’s team confronting Fang Yun of Nine Cauldrons Spiritual Academy, whose Dragon Tiger God Cauldron was smashed by Mu Chen’s battle staff.

• Mu Chen ordered his team to hunt Ji Xuan and sent Luo Li to join Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong’s teams after the Wood God Scripture wiped out four ranked teams.
• Lv Tian and Wang Jiang joined forces against Mu Chen’s team, but Mu Chen’s allies killed them and defeated their academies’ teams.
• Mu Chen learned that Ji Xuan had sent five waves of enemies to stall his pursuit while keeping himself hidden.
• Fang Yun confronted Mu Chen, explaining that he owed Ji Xuan a life debt and summoning the Dragon Tiger God Cauldron.
• Mu Chen’s unadorned battle staff pierced the Dragon Tiger God Cauldron and struck Fang Yun into the earth.

Liu Qingyun, a peerless genius from the Wind Spirit Clan, met Mu Chen and challenged him after revealing his unrequited affection for Wen Qingxuan. Their bout escalated as Mu Chen countered Liu Qingyun’s halberd techniques with his staff, ending with both unleashing powerful attacks.

• Liu Qingyun arrived and told Mu Chen he had come to meet the Northern Heavens Demon King and see the man who defeated Qingxuan.
• Liu Qingyun asked about Wen Qingxuan, and Mu Chen said he had beaten her because she was too noisy; Liu Qingyun felt relieved that she had not fallen for Mu Chen.
• Liu Qingyun proposed a bout and summoned the Wind God Halberd, while Mu Chen agreed and joked that he might spare Liu Qingyun’s life.
• Liu Qingyun attacked with Wind Howl and Wind Pierce, but Mu Chen met his strikes with his staff techniques, leaving them evenly matched.
• Liu Qingyun transformed the Wind God Halberd into an azure dragon and sent it plunging at Mu Chen, who answered with his self-created True Martial Demon-Sweeping move.

Mu Chen faced Liu Qingyun’s Azure Heaven Roc and Wind Ancestor manifestation by summoning an Ancient Treant Legion from the desert. The legion overwhelmed Liu Qingyun’s attack, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as the Wind Ancestor’s manifestation vanished.

• Mu Chen’s colossal hand struck Liu Qingyun, who survived by transforming with the Azure Heaven Roc’s power.
• Liu Qingyun sacrificed his blood essence to summon a spirit manifestation of the Wind Ancestor.
• Mu Chen awakened the Wood God Scripture and transformed the desert into a forest, raising an Ancient Treant Legion.
• Mu Chen ordered the legion to attack, and its endless ranks swallowed the Wind Ancestor’s manifestation despite heavy losses.
• Liu Qingyun’s wind spiritual energy ran low, and the Wind Ancestor’s manifestation shattered into cyan light.

Mu Chen defeated Liu Qingyun, then learned Ji Xuan was preparing to break through to the Supreme Realm. He led his team into seclusion and shattered his Qi Sea, reaching the Third Grade Supreme Realm as he prepared for their final battle.

• Liu Qingyun admitted defeat to Mu Chen and escaped in his Azure Heaven Roc form after his Wind Ancestor spirit shadow was shattered.
• He Yao reported Ji Xuan's location, and Mu Chen realized Ji Xuan was gathering materials to break through to the Supreme Realm and challenge him publicly.
• Mu Chen decided to break through alongside Ji Xuan and promised his team Supreme Spiritual Liquid, so they entered seclusion together.
• Mu Chen used Supreme Spiritual Liquid and his Spirit Soul to shatter his Qi Sea and form a Supreme Source Point.
• Mu Chen poured spiritual energy into the Source Point, formed his Supreme Sea, and rose through the ranks to the Third Grade Supreme Realm with help from his Bloodline Link to the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow.

Mu Chen forged the Great Solar Undying Body and reunited with the other Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy teams. With nine of the top sixteen teams in his camp, he prepared to enter the finals after settling one last score with Ji Xuan.

• Mu Chen used the Nine Sun Spirit Ganoderma, Void Great Sun Fruit, Undying Divine Leaf, and Undying Fire to forge the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Mu Chen emerged from his breakthrough as Mu Kui, Bing Qing, Su Xuan, and He Yao reported their improved cultivation.
• Luo Li, Shen Cangsheng, and Li Xuantong arrived with their teams, and Shen Cangsheng was astonished by Mu Chen's team's strength.
• Su Xuan led the others away so Mu Chen and Luo Li could speak privately; Luo Li said she had completed the task he assigned her.
• Mu Chen reviewed the top sixteen rankings and noted that nine teams were in his camp, but said he still had to kill Ji Xuan before entering the finals.

Mu Chen reunited with Luo Li and led his friends to confront Ji Xuan as the Academy Tournament’s top-ranked contestants gathered for their deadly showdown. The chapter left the assembled academies waiting at the battleground, with Ji Xuan confident he could kill Mu Chen.

• Mu Chen embraced Luo Li, discussed strengthening their friends, and took her and the others to kill Ji Xuan.
• Ji Xuan spoke with Mu Feng, promised to recommend him as a Holy Son, and claimed he was certain to kill Mu Chen.
• Wen Qingxuan questioned Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling about their childhood friendship with Mu Chen, then wrestled with her feelings for Luo Li and her idea of becoming Mu Chen’s girlfriend.
• Wu Ling and Wu Yingying stood with Wen Busheng of the Invincible Academy, who had risen to eighth place in the points rankings.

Wu Ling tried to recruit Wen Busheng as the academies prepared to challenge Holy Spirit Academy’s dominance. Mu Chen arrived with Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, confronted Ji Xuan over their past in the Spirit Road, and faced Ji Xuan’s challenge after he revealed his Supreme Sea and Supreme Dharma Body.

• Wu Ling urged Wen Busheng to transfer to Wu Ling Academy, but Wen Busheng refused out of loyalty to Invincible Academy.
• Wen Busheng and Wu Ling discussed the alliance against Holy Spirit Academy, while Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy remained neutral.
• Mu Chen arrived with Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy as the crowd and allied teams welcomed him.
• Mu Chen confronted Holy Spirit Academy’s team and exchanged attacks with Ji Xuan, then recalled how Holy Spirit Academy had intervened on Ji Xuan’s behalf in the Spirit Road.
• Ji Xuan summoned his Supreme Sea and Holy Spirit Dharma Body and challenged Mu Chen to reveal his strength.

Mu Chen used the Heavenly Marrow Jade-Breaking Hand, powered by the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone, to kill Ji Xuan and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Eagle with one strike. The Spirit Academy teams watched in shock as Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy revealed their overwhelming strength.

• Mu Chen struck Ji Xuan with the Heavenly Marrow Jade-Breaking Hand, shattering his Holy Spirit Dharma Body, Holy Light Angel, and forming Holy Light Treasure Wheel.
• The Ancient Heavenly Dragon Eagle emerged from Ji Xuan and tried to flee with him, but Mu Chen’s palm reduced the beast to ashes and destroyed its soul.
• The assembled Spirit Academy teams reacted with shock, while Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling admired Mu Chen and Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and Liu Qingyun recognized the gap in their strength.
• Wen Busheng realized that Mu Chen’s Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone was far more powerful than the Sovereign hand bone transplanted into his own arm.
• The chapter revealed that Mu Chen had obtained the Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone from Holy Spirit Mountain, had Ling Xi seal most of its power, and trained in the Heavenly Marrow Jade-Breaking Hand.