Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen pressured the Nine Nether Sparrow into agreeing to a Bloodline Link by revealing his formidable family backing and withholding the ancient divine beast essence it needed. The sparrow agreed but privately planned to undo the pact later, and Mu Chen reminded it that the rite required their true bodies.

• Mu Chen named Bloodline Link as the favor he wanted, and the Nine Nether Sparrow rejected the proposal.
• The chapter explained that Bloodline Link shared lifespan, abilities, cultivation, and life between willing partners, making it a mutually beneficial but dangerous pact.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow claimed its position as Young Clan Leader meant its clan would forbid linking with an outsider, but Mu Chen said he could handle the pressure.
• Mu Chen introduced his father, the King of Hundred Spirits, and implied that his mother could take on ten Nine Nether Sparrow Clans.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow tried to postpone the link until after its tribulation, but Mu Chen withheld the ancient divine beast essence it needed, so it agreed.
• Mu Chen pointed out that the rite required their true bodies, since the sparrow before him was only an avatar carrying a wisp of its consciousness.

Mu Chen and Jiu You completed Bloodline Link, and Mu Chen discovered that their cultivation realms were linked. Jiu You swallowed the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun’s blood essence and revealed her true form, drawing the Black God Lightning Cloud as she approached the Supreme Realm.

• Jiu You formed the Bloodline Link with Mu Chen, and they sensed a bond that let them share thoughts and power.
• Mu Chen advanced to the late stage of the Divine Soul Realm, but explained that he had already been ready to break through and had been strengthening his foundations.
• Mu Chen gave Jiu You the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun’s blood essence, and she flew away with it.
• Jiu You swallowed the blood essence and expanded into her colossal true form, revealing her power after crossing the Three Small Tribulations of the Supreme.
• The Black God Lightning Cloud gathered above Jiu You, and nearby beasts fled toward the outskirts of the Black Nether Abyss.

The Nine Nether Sparrow endured the Black God Lightning Tribulation and awakened her ancient bloodline, transforming into the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and attaining divine-beast Sovereign status. After she took human form, Mu Chen hurried to cover her with a dress.

• King of Hundred Spirits withdrew with his descendants and subordinates to keep them from interfering with the Nine Nether Sparrow's tribulation.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow battled the Black God Lightning Tribulation for more than half a day as her life force and ancient bloodline grew stronger.
• The final lightning faded, and a pillar of pure essence healed the Nine Nether Sparrow and completed her transformation into the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow.
• The Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow absorbed her flames and began taking human form as the tribulation ended.
• Mu Chen used their Bloodline Link to see her naked form and rushed over with a dress, while the Bailing experts turned away.

Jiu You reached Third Grade Sovereign and returned to her egg form, while Mu Chen used their Bloodline Link to improve his cultivation and devised a way to conceal his Primordial Clan bloodline. Six months after the Spirit Road, Mu Chen arrived at the Northern Spiritual Academy for enrollment at the Five Great Academies, where his Core Quota had already been secured.

• Jiu You emerged in a new dress, teased Mu Chen, and transformed back into her mysterious black egg.
• Mu Chen received power through the Bloodline Link and reached the peak of the Divine Soul Realm, but suppressed the breakthrough he did not want.
• During the final month, Mu Chen infused his spiritual energy with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire to strengthen it and hide his Primordial Clan bloodline.
• Enrollment day arrived, and the Northern Spiritual Academy gathered to send off students selected for the Five Great Academies; Mu Chen already held the continent's sole Core Quota.
• Mu Chen arrived at the academy with two renowned beauties, drawing excited cheers and admiration from the crowd.

Mu Chen and the other selected youths left the Northern Spiritual Academy and arrived at the Northern Heavens Realm to begin the academy’s month-long freshman trial. Mu Chen was transported alone to a reception platform, where a woman named Lu Lou approached him.

• Hong Ling and Tang Qian'er said farewell to Mu Chen and promised to meet him at the Academy Tournament.
• Dean Xiao wished the departing students well as they entered teleportation arrays bound for the Five Great Spirit Academies.
• The freshmen learned that they had to raise their Spirit Seals during a trial and reach at least Level Four to avoid elimination.
• Mu Chen arrived alone on a crowded reception platform after being separated from his friends during teleportation.
• Lu Lou introduced herself to Mu Chen and approached him with a charming smile.

Mu Chen entered the Northern Heavens freshman trial with a Level 5 Spirit Seal and a Core Quota, then defeated and stripped the marks from the students at the Reception Grounds. He began racing through the trial and, after linking bloodlines with the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, killed a powerful Golden Crocodile.

• Lu Lou welcomed Mu Chen and led him to the stele, where he received a dark-gold Level 5 Spirit Seal and revealed his Core Quota.
• Mu Chen demanded the marks of everyone at the Reception Grounds, then defeated the crowd and absorbed their Spirit Seals, raising his own mark to Level 6.
• Mu Chen left the students behind and flew away on black-flame wings.
• Mu Chen used abilities gained through his Bloodline Link with the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow to hunt spirit beasts and gather treasures during the trial.
• Mu Chen roasted meat beside the carcass of a Golden Crocodile he had killed with ease.

Mu Chen rescued Sun'er from a pack of Flame Leopards with a Spirit Binding Array, then joked that he would take her Spirit Seal before returning it. As they shared roasted meat, Sun'er told him about her Spirit Array skills and her older sister, Ye Qingling.

• Mu Chen sensed trouble while cooking Golden Crocodile tail and rushed into the forest.
• A pack of Flame Leopards chased Sun'er until Mu Chen used a Spirit Binding Array to kill them.
• Sun'er searched for her rescuer, and Mu Chen startled her before pretending to rob her of her Level 4 Spirit Seal.
• Mu Chen returned Sun'er's seal and brought her back to his campfire, where she ate roast meat.
• Sun'er told Mu Chen that she was a Level 2 Spirit Array Master and that her sister Ye Qingling was a Divine Soul Realm expert who had nearly earned a Quasi-King position in the Spirit Road Selection.

Mu Chen used spirit creations and a Soul Bewildering Array to protect Sun'er from the Ge Gang, who had pursued her for her Spirit Seal. He left Ge Qing and his men trapped among Black Tiger Spirit Beasts while Sun'er celebrated learning the array.

• Sun'er used a Spirit Disk to locate her sister, and Mu Chen sent out black sparrow spirit creations to scout and relay her location.
• Ge Qing and four Ge Gang fighters emerged and demanded that Mu Chen hand Sun'er over, revealing they had staged the Flame Leopard attack to target her Spirit Seal.
• Ge Qing ordered his men to ambush Mu Chen at close range, but their attacks struck illusions by the bonfire and exposed them to more than twenty Black Tiger Spirit Beasts.
• Mu Chen revealed that he and Sun'er had watched from a tree and praised her for learning to use the Soul Bewildering Array.
• Sun'er shyly admitted she had little combat experience because she was timid and had secretly joined the freshman trial.

Mu Chen and Sun'er ambushed Ge Qing's group, collected their Spiritual Energy Marks, and learned that Ge Qing's brother was Ge Hai, the leader of Ge Gang. After Mu Chen sent a survivor to summon Ge Hai, the chapter ended with Ge Hai asking the messenger for the attacker’s name.

• Mu Chen lured Black Tiger Spirit Beasts into Ge Qing's group, and Ge Qing and one companion escaped after most of their fighters were killed.
• Mu Chen trapped Ge Qing and his companion in a Spirit Binding Array, raising his Spirit Seal to Level 7, while Sun'er raised hers to Level 5.
• Ge Qing revealed that his brother Ge Hai led Ge Gang, and Mu Chen recognized him as an old Spirit Road rival.
• Mu Chen released Ge Qing's companion and ordered him to fetch Ge Hai, then kept Ge Qing captive as bait.
• The messenger returned to Ge Gang's camp, where Ge Hai looked up from his sword and demanded to know the attacker's name.

Ge Hai learned that Mu Chen had returned and fled with the Ge Gang rather than risk confronting him. After Mu Chen killed Ge Qing, a woman in an apricot-yellow dress arrived and reunited with Sun'er.

• Ge Hai recognized Mu Chen's name, killed a subordinate who suggested besieging him, and ordered the Ge Gang to evacuate.
• Ge Hai refused to return for his sworn brother Qing and mocked a subordinate who asked about him.
• After waiting two days for Ge Hai, Mu Chen killed Ge Qing and noticed a group approaching with the help of his black bird.
• A woman in an apricot-yellow dress arrived, and Sun'er ran into her arms as they reunited.

Mu Chen reunited with Ye Qingling and Sun'er, then asked the Ye Gang to spread word of his return through the Northern Heavens Realm. The news sent Spirit Road veterans into an uproar.

• Wang Sheng thanked Mu Chen for saving Sun'er, and Ye Qingling recognized him as King Mu and knelt in respect.
• Ye Qingling recalled Mu Chen's exploits on the Spirit Road, while Sun'er struggled to believe the gentle youth was the rumored Blood Disaster.
• Mu Chen denied being the Blood Disaster and blamed Qiu Beihai, and Ye Qingling stayed silent rather than correct him.
• Mu Chen asked Ye Qingling to look for Luo Li and to announce his return across the Northern Heavens Realm.
• The Ye Gang spread the news, alarming the human elites who had taken part in the Spirit Road Trial.

Mu Chen learned that a Spirit Soul Yin-Yang Ganoderma could help him perfect his Spirit Soul cultivation and break through to the Heaven Melting Realm, so he went to claim it. After killing its three guardians, he trapped the Yang Gang and Zhou Gang leaders and their warriors inside the valley.

• Ye Qingling told Mu Chen about the Spirit Soul Yin-Yang Ganoderma guarded by three high-grade spirit beasts southwest of their location.
• Yang Gong and Zhou Li’s gangs camped near the valley, unable to agree on how to divide the treasure if they joined forces against its guardians.
• A mysterious figure with black-flame wings attacked the valley and killed all three blue raptors with a single Samsara Death Seal.
• Yang Gong and Zhou Li rushed into the valley with their warriors, recognized the mysterious figure as a peak Divine Soul Realm expert, and tried to flee.
• The mysterious figure warned that anyone who left the valley would die and sealed its entrance with a powerful Spirit Array, leaving Yang Gong and Zhou Li trapped.

Mu Chen consumed the Spirit Soul Yin-Yang Ganoderma and broke through to the Heaven Melting Realm. After the gangs guarding him fled, Chu Qi and Fang Zhong arrived, and Mu Chen prepared to fight Chu Qi over his threat concerning Luo Li.

• Mu Chen took the Spirit Seals from the Yang Gang and Zhou Gang, ate the Spirit Soul Yin-Yang Ganoderma, and advanced his Spirit Seal to level eight.
• Mu Chen broke through from the Divine Soul Realm to the Heaven Melting Realm, but discovered that Yang Gong, Zhou Li, and their gangs had fled.
• Chu Qi and Fang Zhong arrived after Yang Gong and Zhou Li reported Mu Chen's whereabouts, and Chu Qi challenged Mu Chen to a fight.
• Chu Qi told Mu Chen to stay away from Emperor Luo and claimed that neither he nor Mu Chen was worthy of her.
• Mu Chen declared that he had changed his mind and would scatter Chu Qi's ashes.

Mu Chen defeated Chu Qi with Jiu You’s power, then spared Fang Zhong in exchange for his Spirit Seal and beast essence soul. After absorbing the spoils, Mu Chen’s Spirit Seal advanced to Level Nine, and he considered hunting stronger beasts in Ice Cold Valley.

• Chu Qi summoned his Green-Eyed Golden Crystal Beast and attacked Mu Chen with the Golden Crystal Divine Fist.
• Mu Chen manifested Jiu You, whose strike shattered Chu Qi’s beast essence soul and killed him, while Mu Chen seized Chu Qi’s Level Seven Spirit Seal.
• Fang Zhong offered information about the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and the Ice God Tree in Ice Cold Valley in exchange for his life.
• Mu Chen demanded Fang Zhong’s Spiritual Energy Mark and Spirit Beast Essence Soul, and Fang Zhong surrendered them before fleeing.
• Mu Chen absorbed both Level Seven Spirit Seals and both beast essence souls, advancing his mark to Level Nine.

Xie Guan, Wu Hu, and Qin Zheng gathered Divine Soul Realm experts at Ice Cold Valley to hunt the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and claim its treasures. Before they could organize, the dragon clashed with the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard, and the crowd waited for the beasts to weaken each other.

• Xie Guan, Wu Hu, and Qin Zheng assembled nearly a hundred Divine Soul Realm experts near Ice Cold Valley while thousands of other students gathered to watch.
• The Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon guarded the Ice God Tree and waited for its fruit to ripen so it could advance.
• The Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard burst from the magma and wounded the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon with a surprise attack.
• The Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard exchanged freezing winds and magma attacks as the crowd rushed to watch.
• Xie Guan and the gathered experts saw a chance to profit after the two Heavenly Beasts fought each other.

The Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard fought over the Ice God Tree and Red Flame Tree, devastating Ice Cold Valley. As Xie Guan and the other cultivators moved to finish off the wounded beasts, a strange cry and a vast darkness arrived, frightening everyone and the beasts alike.

• Wu Hu and Qin Zheng realized that the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard had emerged to protect the Red Flame Tree beneath the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon’s Ice God Tree.
• Xie Guan warned that the Heavenly Beasts were about to fight for their lives as their battle intensified.
• The Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon’s icy attack collided with the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard’s lava counterattack, destroying much of Ice Cold Valley and burying many spectators.
• Xie Guan ordered the Spirit Wheel Realm fighters to retreat and led the Divine Soul Realm experts in preparing to attack the gravely wounded beasts.
• A piercing cry staggered the cultivators, and a vast darkness swept in from the horizon, making the two Heavenly Beasts recoil in fear.

The Nine Nether Sparrow arrived at Ice Cold Valley, killed the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard, and carried off their corpses. When Xie Guan and the gathered cultivators attacked, the bird used Life Force Plunder to drain their spiritual energy and Spirit Souls before flying away.

• The Nine Nether Sparrow descended on Ice Cold Valley and crushed the heads of the Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon and the Earth Core Flame Dragon Lizard, killing them.
• Xie Guan urged the gathered cultivators to attack the immature Nine Nether Sparrow and seize it.
• More than a thousand cultivators launched attacks at the bird as it flew off with the two Heavenly Beasts’ corpses.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow released black rings of light that stripped the flesh from hundreds of Spirit Wheel Realm students and drained spiritual energy from the Divine Soul Realm experts.
• Xie Guan’s spirit sea was drained, and he fell toward the ground as his followers rushed to help him.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow mocked the attackers and vanished into the clouds with both corpses.

Mu Chen plundered the life force and essence of two Heavenly Tier Spirit Beasts, then spent half a month hunting powerful beasts across the Northern Heavens Realm. He broke through to the middle stage of the Heaven Melting Realm and set out for the central region with three days left before the deadline.

• Mu Chen stole the Ice God Tree and Red Flame Tree after defeating the two Heavenly Tier Spirit Beasts at Ice Cold Valley.
• The beasts’ Spirit Beast Essences tried to flee, but Mu Chen swallowed them and used Life Force Plunder to drain their corpses.
• Mu Chen refined the energy from his spoils but remained just short of a breakthrough, so he continued hunting across the Northern Heavens Realm.
• Mu Chen killed a Diamond One-Eyed Ape and absorbed its flesh and blood essence, breaking through to the middle stage of the Heaven Melting Realm.
• Mu Chen headed toward the central region, carrying the upgraded divine-grade Demon-Subduing Staff.

Mu Chen reunited publicly with Luo Li on the Black Great Plain, where the gathered factions had assembled to open the way to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. He delayed the opening to greet the Shi Brothers and left the crowd anticipating his encounter with them.

• The factions gathered on the Black Great Plain, where Luo Li arrived carrying the Luo God Sword and received greetings from the kings and other elites.
• Mu Chen appeared before Luo Li, and she declared that she liked him as the crowd learned of their relationship.
• Luo Li asked why Mu Chen had not sought her out, and he explained that he had focused on improving his cultivation and wanted to surprise old friends.
• King Zhou asked Mu Chen and Luo Li to summon the Northern Heavens Divine Hall, but Mu Chen postponed it to greet the Shi Brothers.
• Mu Chen called out to Shi Jingtian and Shi Hao, drawing the crowd's attention to the two half-step Heaven Melting Realm kings.

Mu Chen fought the Twin Kings of the Shi Family after Emperor Luo agreed not to interfere, using two third-level Spirit Arrays to keep the brothers apart. The Shi Brothers battled the arrays for half an hour, but their summoned dragon and tiger kept returning, and Shi Jingtian called for Shi Hao to use a special move.

• Mu Chen challenged Shi Jingtian and Shi Hao over their feud from the Spirit Road, and Emperor Luo said she would not interfere.
• Shi Jingtian and Shi Hao attacked Mu Chen together, but he trapped each brother in a separate third-level Spirit Array.
• The Wind Dragon Heaven-Breaking Array battered Shi Jingtian while the Golden Tiger Roaring Heaven Array fought Shi Hao.
• Shi Jingtian used Stone Emperor Art techniques, including Meteor Heaven Fall, to destroy the Wind Dragon, but it reformed as long as the array remained intact.
• After half an hour of fighting, Shi Jingtian urged Shi Hao to use their special move.