Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen found and claimed the Ancient Treasure-Hoarding Beast’s unfinished, growth-capable Sacred Artifact, the Life-Extinguishing Pupil, and used it to survey the Myriad Beast Tomb. After his companions returned with their treasures, he revealed his new divine eye to Han Shan.

• Mu Chen searched the artifact torrent with his Mind’s Eye, caught the fleeing Life-Extinguishing Pupil, and identified it as a Low-grade Sacred Object capable of growth.
• Mu Chen nurtured the Life-Extinguishing Pupil with his essence, refined it into the space between his brows, and awakened a black vertical eye.
• Mu Chen used the eye to spot a hundred-zhang pit in an ancient beast’s skull and glimpse the phoenix cries and Undying Sacred Flame at the tomb’s core.
• Mu Chen saw a six-person squad led by a Ninth Grade Sovereign woman from the Nine-Colored Peacock Clan, whose five-colored divine light cut off his gaze.
• Han Shan and the Mo Siblings returned with Quasi-Sacred Objects, while Jiu You claimed the Dark Divine Ruler.
• Mu Chen showed Han Shan the Life-Extinguishing Pupil, and Han Shan asked him to put the unnerving divine eye away.

Mu Chen and Jiu You learned that Phoenix Clan prodigies might compete for an Ancient Undying Bird’s inheritance in the God Tomb Garden, so they trained by hunting Beast Spirits. After discovering a Nine-Turn Green Lotus guarded by a Ninth Grade Beast Spirit, they attacked the valley, with Mu Chen pushing deeper alone.

• Han Shan declined to join Mu Chen and Jiu You at the God Tomb Garden and warned them that Phoenix Clan prodigies had entered the trial.
• Mu Chen, Jiu You, Mo Ling, and the other member of their group decided to hunt Beast Spirits while they awaited the Garden’s opening.
• Mo Ling led the group to a valley where Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Eye to find a Nine-Turn Green Lotus guarded by a Ninth Grade Beast Spirit.
• The group agreed to clear the weaker Beast Spirits and attack the valley entrance, leaving the Ninth Grade Beast Spirit to Mu Chen.
• Jiu You and the Mo siblings trapped the ten Eighth Grade Beast Spirits in the Green Lotus Spirit Sword Array while Mu Chen charged into the valley alone.

Mu Chen killed the peak Ninth Grade Beast Spirit, claimed its heart, and refined it alongside the Nine-Turn Green Lotus to prepare for an Earth Sovereign breakthrough. He and Jiu You’s group reached the God Tomb Garden, where the super divine beast clans had gathered to compete for the Three Beast Sovereigns’ inheritance.

• Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Divine Light to destroy the Ninth Grade Beast Spirit and rescued its silver Beast Spirit Heart.
• Jiu You and the Mo Siblings arrived, and Mu Chen took the Nine-Turn Green Lotus while the siblings harvested the accompanying Green Lotuses.
• Jiu You refused the lotus seeds, and Mu Chen refined the Nine-Turn Green Lotus and the Beast Spirit Heart as their group worked through their bottlenecks.
• Four or five days later, the group advanced to the deepest part of the Myriad Beast Tomb as two Ninth Grade and two Eighth Grade Sovereigns.
• At the God Tomb Garden, Mu Chen’s group encountered the gathered super divine beast clans, including leaders Kong Ling, Lu Hou, and Zong Qingfeng.

The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan arrived as the Death Veil vanished, and the gathered clans entered the God Tomb Garden’s inner region. They reached the altar bearing the inheritances of the Three Beast Sovereigns, where the clans’ coveted ancient legacies awaited.

• The Phoenix Clan and Heavenly Crane Clan arrived, followed by the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan as the Death Veil dissolved.
• The Phoenix Clan’s Bai Bin demanded that the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan pay respects, but Bai Ming stopped him and said the clans stood as equals.
• Fairy Kong Ling entered the God Tomb Garden’s inner region, and the other clans followed.
• The six groups reached a towering altar surrounded by statues of the Ancient Undying Bird, Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird, and Ancient Desolate Beast.
• The clans recognized the Three Beast Sovereigns’ inheritances and recalled that the three Late Immortal Grade commanders had died fighting the Evil Clan from Beyond.

Mu Chen fought Bai Ming while Jiu You and the others battled the Phoenix Clan for the Undying Bird Sovereign's inheritance. Mu Chen destroyed Bai Ming's Ice Phoenix Spirit Fan with his Life-Extinguishing Divine Light, leaving the struggle for the inheritance ongoing.

• Zong Qingfeng challenged Fairy Kong Ling, while Lu Hou confronted He Yi over the clans' competing inheritance claims.
• Bai Ming urged the others to return the Undying Bird inheritance to the Phoenix Clan, but Mu Chen mocked the proposal and Bai Ming chose to fight.
• Mu Chen sent Jiu You to resonate with the Undying Bird Sovereign's statue, and Bai Bin and other Phoenix Clan members intercepted her as the Inner Domain erupted into battle.
• Bai Ming summoned a vast Ice Phoenix Mountain to attack Mu Chen, but Mu Chen's Samsara Death Seal shattered it.
• Bai Ming used the Ice Phoenix Spirit Fan to unleash a giant Cold Phoenix, but Mu Chen's Life-Extinguishing Divine Light pierced the phoenix and consumed the fan.

Mu Chen defeated Bai Ming, allowing Jiu You and the other contestants to claim the Three Beast Sovereigns’ inheritances. Removing the inheritance essence blood weakened the seal beneath the altar, releasing a Dark Demon Creature so powerful that the five clans were left facing near-certain defeat.

• Mu Chen struck Bai Ming with the Self-Sacrifice Demon Fist, but Bai Ming escaped with a Space Displacement Spirit Talisman as the other Phoenix Clan members fled.
• Jiu You passed the Undying Bird Sovereign’s trial and received its Inheritance Essence Blood, while Zong Qingfeng and Lu Hou also gained inheritances.
• Fairy Kong Ling warned that the suppressed demon creatures would break free, and the clans fled the altar as it collapsed.
• A Dark Demon Creature emerged from beneath the altar after the stolen essence blood weakened the Three Beast Sovereigns’ Spirit Array.
• Lu Hou and the gathered clans realized the creature was beyond their strength and nearly approaching the Heavenly Sovereign level.

The Three Beast Sovereigns’ spirit projections resealed the Dark Demon Creature and called for a Million Pattern Battle Array Master to lead the Heavenly Beast Army in a final strike. Mu Chen took command and used an Ethereal Spirit Pill to raise his Battle Patterns to 1.1 million.

• The Three Beast Sovereigns appeared and used the Order Divine Chains to seal the Dark Demon Creature again.
• The Undying Bird Sovereign summoned the Heavenly Beast Army and demanded a Million Pattern Battle Array Master to lead it.
• He Yi volunteered with fifty thousand Battle Patterns, but the Desolate Beast Sovereign dismissed him as insufficient.
• The Desolate Beast Sovereign called Mu Chen forward, and the Myriad Spirit Bird Sovereign promised him the Heavenly Beast Army if he helped.
• Mu Chen accepted the Army Seal, reached seven hundred thousand Battle Patterns, then swallowed an Ethereal Spirit Pill and increased his total to 1.1 million.

Mu Chen pushed his Battle Patterns to six and a half million, then used a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Thunder-Devouring Beast Heart to destroy the Dark Demon Creature. The beast was erased along with the ancient Altar, leaving the gathered prodigies wary of Mu Chen.

• Mu Chen swallowed a Battle Will Pill and drew in the Heavenly Beast Army’s Battle Will, raising his total to six and a half million Battle Patterns before reaching his limit.
• The Three Beast Sovereigns reassured Mu Chen and prepared to fight the Dark Demon Creature, but he revealed a powerful Thunder-Devouring Beast Heart as another trump card.
• The Three Beast Sovereigns bound the Dark Demon Creature with the Order Chain while Mu Chen activated and hurled the Thunder-Devouring Beast Heart.
• The explosion destroyed the ancient Altar and completely erased the Dark Demon Creature, prompting the prodigies to edge away from Mu Chen.

After Mu Chen helped destroy the Dark Demon Creature, the Three Beast Sovereigns brought him and Jiu You to the Divine Sea, where the Undying Bird Sovereign trained them. Six months later, Jiu You completed her transformation into an Undying Bird, while Mu Chen reached Supreme Perfection and prepared to pursue Earth Sovereign.

• The Desolate Beast Sovereign confirmed that Mu Chen would receive the Heavenly Beast Army, and the Undying Bird Sovereign sent the other visitors away from the God Tomb Garden.
• The Three Beast Sovereigns brought Mu Chen and Jiu You to the Divine Sea, where time flowed four times faster than in the outside world, and offered to train them.
• Mu Chen cultivated with the Ancient God Canon while the Undying Bird Sovereign agreed to teach Jiu You how to complete her transformation.
• Jiu You began the dangerous final stage of her evolution, determined to become an Undying Bird and keep pace with Mu Chen.
• After six months outside, Jiu You had transformed into an Undying Bird, and Mu Chen emerged from seclusion at Supreme Perfection.

Jiu You overcame the Spirit Tribulation and became an Ancient Undying Bird and Earth Sovereign, while Mu Chen worried that their Bloodline Link would disrupt his plans to remain below Earth Sovereign until the Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged. They returned to the Nine Nether World with passage tokens and the Three Beast Sovereigns’ hope of meeting again, while the clan concealed Jiu You’s transformation from the Phoenix Clan.

• Mu Chen told the Undying Bird Sovereign he planned to compete for opportunities when the Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged and explained why he had delayed his breakthrough.
• Jiu You faced the Spirit Tribulation, overcame it with the Crystal Sacred Flame, and emerged as an Ancient Undying Bird and Earth Sovereign; Mu Chen feared their Bloodline Link would raise his cultivation.
• The Undying Bird Sovereign dispersed, and the other three Beast Sovereigns revealed that their Spirit Soul wisps could last about ten more years before they returned to heaven and earth.
• The Myriad Spirit Bird Sovereign gave Jiu You and Mu Chen passage tokens and sent them from the Divine Sea to the Nine Nether Continent.
• Jiu You and Mu Chen returned to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, where Clan Leader Tian Huang celebrated Jiu You’s evolution but kept it secret to prevent the Phoenix Clan from taking her away.

Mu Chen secured the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s support for the Mu Spirit Academy and prepared to leave with Jiu You as the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s emergence drew near. After an intimate farewell, he departed the Nine Nether World, bound for the Tianluo Continent and a reunion with his future father-in-law.

• The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan offered Mu Chen an elder’s position and agreed to send Elder Tian Que to guard the Mu Spirit Academy as its Academy Guardian Beast.
• Mu Chen thanked Clan Leader Tian Huang and the Great Elder for assigning Tian Que to the Hundred Spirit Continent.
• Jiu You told Mu Chen that signs of the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s emergence required him to return to the Tianluo Continent and prepare for the expedition.
• Jiu You, unable to join Mu Chen because she needed to master her new Undying Bird power, offered herself to him before he left.
• Mu Chen left the Nine Nether World the next day, embarrassed that he would have to face his future father-in-law.

Mu Chen returned to the Daluo Heaven Domain and learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was expected to emerge within twenty days, prompting Mandala to prepare an expedition. After the officials reacted to Mu Chen’s low ranking on the Tianluo Ranking, Mandala dismissed them and privately praised Mu Chen’s progress toward their plan.

• Mu Chen reported his experiences from the past six months and said Jiu You had broken through to Earth Sovereign but would remain with her clan.
• Mandala announced that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was expected to descend upon the Western Region Wasteland within twenty days and ordered Mu Chen to lead the Daluo Heaven Domain’s expedition.
• Mandala showed the Tianluo Ranking, which placed Mu Chen twenty-ninth despite his Ninth Grade Perfection strength.
• The Daluo Heaven Domain’s officials protested Mu Chen’s ranking, while Ancestor Wansheng suggested it could help Mu Chen catch opponents off guard.
• Mandala dismissed the other officials, appeared before Mu Chen, and said she was increasingly hopeful their plan would succeed.

Mandala warned Mu Chen that the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s return would bring a clash with Lu Heng and his disciple Garuda, while Mu Chen remained confident in his strength. As experts gathered at West City ahead of the palace’s emergence, Mu Chen arrived, defeated a challenger, and discovered that Lin Jing was nearby.

• Mandala explained that she would have to fight Lu Heng over her original body and warned Mu Chen that Garuda, the Holy Demon Palace’s Holy Son, was a dangerous rival for the Great Solar Undying Body legacy.
• A vast rift opened in the Starry Sky above the Extreme Western Land, revealing the Ancient Heavenly Palace, which was expected to emerge within a month.
• Throngs of powerful cultivators gathered in West City, where Mu Chen arrived and defeated Jiang Ling with one punch after the swordsman demanded a sparring match.
• Mu Chen sensed that Lin Jing’s communication jade was nearby and used his Life-Extinguishing Pupil to locate her in an eastern treasure pavilion.
• Lin Jing traced Mu Chen’s gaze with her Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, recognized him, and happily went to meet him.

Mu Chen and Lin Jing discussed their unusual eyes and the Ancient Treasure-Hoarding Beasts kept in Martial Border before Xia Hong arrived in Western Ancient City. Xia Hong became interested in Lin Jing, and Lu Qiu stepped forward to confront her.

• Mu Chen met Lin Jing, who asked to see his Life-Extinguishing Pupil, and they compared its abilities with the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye.
• Lin Jing told Mu Chen that Martial Border raised a pair of Ancient Treasure-Hoarding Beasts won by Martial Ancestor Lin Dong, and offered to take him to visit them.
• Xia Hong arrived in a Golden War Chariot drawn by eight Thunder Lion Spirit Beasts, prompting people in Western Ancient City to flee because of his reputation for preying on women.
• Xia Hong asked Lin Jing about her father, and she replied that neither he nor the Xia Emperor was qualified to know.
• Lu Qiu, a late-stage Ninth Grade Sovereign ranked fifteenth on the Tianluo Ranking, offered to seize Lin Jing and make her apologize to Xia Hong.

Mu Chen killed Giant Spirit Hand Lu Qiu after Lu Qiu attacked him to impress Xia Hong, then struck the Fourth Prince so hard that Xia Hong had to reveal his powerful artifacts to survive. The chapter ended with Xia Hong armed and armored for a fight against Mu Chen.

• Lu Qiu attacked Mu Chen with his giant palm while trying to defend Xia Hong and prove himself.
• Mu Chen caught Lu Qiu’s attack, tore off his right arm, and killed him with a blow to the head.
• Mu Chen turned his attention to Xia Hong and punched him through several ancient buildings.
• Xia Hong emerged wearing the Red Dragon War Armor, wielding the Red Dragon War Spear, and protected by the Sea-Breaking Bead.

Mu Chen killed Xia Hong in Western Ancient City, leaving the Great Xia Dynasty’s fourth prince dead despite threats of retaliation from his father and brother. After Lin Jing collected Xia Hong’s treasures, she and Mu Chen considered Xia Yu their next target and slipped away from the watching crowd.

• Xia Hong attacked Mu Chen with the Sea-Breaking Bead and God-Killing War Body, but Mu Chen countered with the Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor and Dragon Phoenix Scripture.
• Mu Chen’s True Dragon techniques broke Xia Hong’s defenses, shattered his Red Dragon War Spear, and killed him inside the Red Dragon War Armor.
• The gathered factions watched in awe as Mu Chen’s ranking rose into the top fifteen after he had slain three top-thirty experts in less than half a day.
• Lin Jing took Xia Hong’s Universe Bracelet and divided up his valuable treasures despite the danger of provoking the Xia Emperor.
• Mu Chen and Lin Jing discussed Xia Yu’s strength, then left the crowd through a nameless alley.

Crown Prince Xia Yu offered a huge bounty for Mu Chen and Lin Jing before the Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged, and the two entered its domain through the Dragon-Ascending Gate. As ranked prodigies gathered to face the gate’s test, Mu Chen and Lin Jing remained outside, watching as more powerful challengers arrived.

• Crown Prince Xia Yu searched for Fourth Prince Xia Hong’s killer and offered thirty million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid for Mu Chen and Lin Jing’s heads.
• Mu Chen and Lin Jing entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s outer domain and found that all entrants had to pass through the Dragon-Ascending Gate to earn a disciple token.
• The gathered visitors learned that the gate assigned twelve token grades, ranging from White Wolf Tokens to Golden Dragon Tokens, based on aptitude.
• Lin Jie of the Mountain Moving Sect entered the gate and emerged with a Cyan Eagle Token, then laughed off his failure to earn a Flood Dragon Token.
• Ghost Hand Liu Kui, Wang Tongxian, and Qin Jingzhe arrived as the crowd watched the Dragon-Ascending Gate.

Qin Jingzhe, Liu Kui, and Wang Tongxian completed the Dragon-Ascending Gate trial, earning one Golden Flood Dragon Token and two white ones. Su Qingyin arrived and confronted Mu Chen, who revealed and crushed a spirit insect she had secretly sent to spy on him.

• Qin Jingzhe entered the Dragon-Ascending Gate and emerged with a Golden Flood Dragon Token, while Liu Kui and Wang Tongxian each received a white one.
• Lin Jing prepared to enter the trial, but Su Qingyin arrived atop a Four-Winged Black Armored Insect with a swarm of spirit insects.
• Qin Jingzhe recognized Su Qingyin, recalled losing to her Spirit Sword Insect, and remained wary of her strength.
• Su Qingyin sensed an ancient, True Dragon-like aura from Mu Chen and asked whether he was the one who had defeated Lu Qiu.
• Mu Chen confirmed his identity, exposed Su Qingyin's hidden spirit insect, and crushed it in his hand.

Mu Chen defeated Su Qingyin’s insect decoys and entered the Dragon-Ascending Gate, where he challenged the Golden Dragon Disciple for a Golden Dragon Token. The battle began with Mu Chen unleashing his Samsara Death Seal against the Ninth Grade Perfection opponent.

• Mu Chen destroyed Su Qingyin’s Void Insect and burned through her Great Strength Divine Insect life-substitute with the Crystal Sacred Flame, forcing her to retreat on an Ice Spirit Insect.
• The Martial Border Little Princess recognized the Undying Sacred Flame, and Mu Chen confirmed that his Bloodline-Linked companion had completed her transformation before they headed to the Dragon-Ascending Gate.
• Mu Chen entered the trial space and defeated the White Dragon Disciple with Imperial Suppression, a power drawn from his Tai Cang Divine Sound Divine Ability Seed.
• Mu Chen stopped the Azure Dragon Disciple from emerging and asked the Dragon-Ascending Gate to release the Golden Dragon Disciple so he could challenge for the Golden Dragon Token directly.
• The Golden Dragon Disciple appeared at Ninth Grade Perfection and accepted Mu Chen’s challenge, prompting Mu Chen to attack with the Samsara Death Seal.

Mu Chen and Lin Jing entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s inner domain with Golden Dragon Tokens, while Su Qingyin received only a Blue Dragon Token and left in frustration. At Wind Prefecture, Mu Chen used his Spirit Soul will to open a narrow passage through its Grandmaster Spiritual Array so they could continue their search.

• Mu Chen and Lin Jing emerged from the Dragon-Ascending Gate as Golden Dragon Disciples and entered the inner domain.
• Su Qingyin received a Blue Dragon Token, grew furious at her lesser qualification, and teleported away.
• Mu Chen and Lin Jing surveyed the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s inner domain and headed to Wind Prefecture.
• Lin Jing offered to break Wind Prefecture’s Grandmaster Spiritual Array, but Mu Chen stopped her and examined its flaws.
• Mu Chen tore open a narrow passage in the array, and Lin Jing eagerly prepared to enter.