Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu arrived in Lang Commandery with the Jade Forest Army and joined Seven Mysteries Sect leaders to plan an offensive in Ice Province’s Frost County. The sect prepared to strike the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly Corpse Sect, with help from the Heaven Sword Sect.

• Zhao Zhenchuan advised Chen Mu to consider training in military formations, while Chen Mu wondered how a Blood Exchange Realm expert would fare against an army.
• After more than a month of marching, the hundred thousand Jade Forest Army reached Lang Commandery and camped outside its commandery seat.
• Chen Mu reunited with Chu Jingsu and Meng Danyun, learning Chu Jingsu had been injured fighting a Venerable of the Heavenly Demon Sect but had gained confidence in breaching the Mysterious Pass.
• Chen Mu met with Feng Hongsheng, Shi Zhenyong, Murong Yan, Qian Song, and Xu Yang in the commandery seat’s main hall.
• Shi Zhenyong proposed sweeping through Frost County, where the Seven Mysteries Sect had fought the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly Corpse Sect, and Feng Hongsheng noted that the Heaven Sword Sect was assisting them.

Chen Mu arrived in Ice Province with the Jade Forest Army and received a Military Formation Disc piece before preparing to enter Frost County. After strengthening his Qiankun Power of Intent and refining his six bowels to 94%, he sensed the Mysterious Pass within reach but resisted its temptations and chose not to attempt a premature breakthrough.

• Feng Hongsheng distributed pieces of the Military Formation Disc to Chen Mu and the other guardians, then told Chen Mu to rest for two days before entering Frost County.
• Meng Danyun escorted Chen Mu to his lodging, while Zhou Hao sensed his arrival and vowed to one day avenge Chen Mu by making the Profound Mystery Pavilion pay.
• Chen Mu used his deduction attempt to deepen his Qiankun Power of Intent and consumed his remaining nourishing spiritual material, raising his six-bowel refinement to 94%.
• Chen Mu sensed the Mysterious Pass and considered breaking through, but recognized the urge as a temptation and calmed his mind rather than risking an incomplete foundation.

Chen Mu joined the Seven Mysteries Sect’s forces at Lang Commandery’s border pass and saw the stark boundary between the unfrozen lands and Ice Province’s Frost County. Feng Hongsheng shot down a spying demon bird, but the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Xianyu Chen remained nearby, planning to exploit the growing conflict for blood food.

• Chen Mu traveled with Ling Xuan Peak’s disciples and stewards to Lang Commandery’s border pass, where forces from several sects and authorities had gathered.
• Chen Mu observed that the land beyond the pass was locked in frost, sharply contrasting with the greenery on the other side.
• Chen Mu spotted a demon bird watching the pass, and Feng Hongsheng used the Moon Slaughtering Bow and Star Shattering Arrow to kill it.
• Xianyu Chen watched the gathering from more than ten li away and recognized Feng Hongsheng’s weapons as a threat to himself.
• Xianyu Chen decided the arrival of more forces in Frost County would create opportunities to prey on their Five Viscera and Six Organs Realm disciples.

The Seven Mysteries Sect arrived in Frost County and found villages along their route massacred by the Heavenly Demon Sect, prompting them to join forces with the Ice Severing Palace and Heaven Sword Sect to strike back. As the allied forces began deploying, Xianyu Chen discussed luring Chen Mu into an ambush with the Four-Armed Demon Lord.

• Chen Mu and the Seven Mysteries Sect’s forces entered Frost County and found its villages devastated, with evidence that the Heavenly Demon Sect had massacred the inhabitants.
• Chen Mu urged the others not to let the Heavenly Demon Sect’s provocations disrupt their advance, and the group reached Frost County’s Province Capital three days later.
• Tan Xiwu welcomed Shi Zhenyong, Feng Hongsheng, and the Seven Mysteries Sect, then shared intelligence about the three Heavenly Demon Sect Demon Lords and Heavenly Corpse Sect Elder Ruan San.
• Shi Zhenyong and Feng Hongsheng agreed to begin operations, and the allied forces deployed teams to hunt demonized humans and refined corpses, with Chen Mu and Murong Yan coordinating separate regions.
• Xianyu Chen warned the Four-Armed Demon Lord that the Seven Mysteries Sect had arrived and proposed that they lure Chen Mu out and kill him together.

Shen Lin pursued a fleeing Heavenly Demon Sect deacon into the mountains and discovered that he had led her to a hidden Heavenly Corpse Sect stronghold. Chen Mu, who had followed in secret, appeared and overwhelmed the stronghold’s defenders, forcing them to flee.

• Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing fought off three Heavenly Demon Sect deacons, who fled after failing to break through their defenses.
• Shen Lin pursued the slowest deacon while Xie Shiqing stayed behind to kill the scattered Tier Four demons.
• The fleeing deacon led Shen Lin to a concealed Heavenly Corpse Sect stronghold, where Fiend Corpses and Xuan Corpses attacked her.
• Chen Mu appeared and crushed the attacking Fiend Corpses with a palm strike, revealing his presence to the stronghold’s defenders.
• Chen Mu charged into the valley, destroying Corpse Refining creatures as the Heavenly Corpse Sect deacons and Dharma Protector fled.

Chen Mu and Meng Danyun helped Shen Lin destroy a hidden Heavenly Corpse Sect stronghold after the fleeing Heavenly Demon Sect demon was killed. Chen Mu slaughtered nearly all the stronghold’s fleeing members and began searching the bodies for spoils.

• Meng Danyun caught and killed the fleeing Heavenly Demon Sect demon with the Peach God Sword.
• Meng Danyun joined Shen Lin, while Chen Mu fought through the Corpse Refining creatures inside the stronghold.
• A Heavenly Corpse Sect Protector unleashed the stronghold’s accumulated Corpse Fiend Qi, sending it toward Chen Mu, Meng Danyun, and Shen Lin.
• Chen Mu cut through much of the Corpse Fiend Qi, then hurled the Cold Soul Spiritual Blade and killed the Protector and his Xuan Corpse.
• Chen Mu pursued the fleeing Heavenly Corpse Sect members and slaughtered nearly all the mid-stage members before searching the corpses.

Chen Mu entered the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s buried stronghold and cleared the Corpse Fiend from his path. He found a trapped disciple and demanded to be led to the sect’s stores, leaving the disciple’s fate unresolved.

• Chen Mu found Earth Fiend Essence on a Heavenly Corpse Sect protector’s corpse and collected it.
• Shen Lin and Meng Danyun returned, and Chen Mu told them to clear the wreckage while he investigated underground.
• Chen Mu used his Qiankun Power of Intent Realm to descend through solid ground into the collapsed stronghold.
• Chen Mu dissolved the Corpse Fiend, passed a dead disciple and unfinished Corpse Refining constructs, then crushed a Golden Corpse with one palm.
• A trapped Heavenly Corpse Sect disciple saw Chen Mu’s strength, and Chen Mu ordered him to lead the way to the sect’s stores in exchange for his life.

Chen Mu raided the collapsed Heavenly Corpse Sect stronghold, captured two survivors, and recovered valuable spiritual treasures. After returning to Frost County, he asked Ice Severing Palace guardian Leng Zhan about trading for nourishing spiritual treasures and learned that four portions were available.

• Chen Mu forced a Heavenly Corpse Sect disciple to lead him through the collapsed underground passages to the stronghold’s treasury and cleared away the Corpse Fiend Qi.
• Chen Mu followed a deacon who had stolen treasures from the treasury, crushed his three Fiend Corpses, captured him, and took the bundle of spiritual treasures.
• Chen Mu returned to the surface with the deacon and disciple, and Meng Danyun advised him not to rush tempering his six bowels.
• Chen Mu left the stronghold for Frost County after sending Seven Mysteries Sect disciples to search the surrounding area.
• Chen Mu asked Leng Zhan at the County Office about trading for nourishing spiritual treasures, and Leng Zhan offered the four remaining petals of a Six-Petal Snow Lotus.

Chen Mu and Murong Yan arrived at Frost North County to secure the region and oversee its recovery from the demon unrest. Chen Mu left Lin Yong in charge of the county and began cultivating, aiming to strengthen himself against the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly Corpse Sect.

• Chen Mu exchanged his previous gains with Leng Zhan for nourishing spirit items, then continued leading the Seven Mysteries Sect's purge across Frost County.
• Chen Mu and Murong Yan arrived at Frost North County, where acting Magistrate Lin Yong and the county officials welcomed them with relief.
• Chen Mu heard Lin Yong's report on the county's losses and ordered him to remain acting magistrate, backing his authority to manage the recovery.
• Chen Mu went to his quarters, dismissed the maidservants, and reviewed his cultivation progress, including his nearly complete Six Viscera Scripture.
• Chen Mu consumed a leaf of Six-Petal Snow Lotus to continue tempering his six viscera.

Chen Mu completed the third level of Fallen Flowers, No Trace and formed a miniature domain, bringing his strength to the level of the Wind and Cloud Rankings’ top three as his Six Viscera Scripture neared its limit. Meanwhile, the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord Sang Huai revealed that he had secretly infiltrated the Frost North County Office and contacted Xianyu Chen and Li Shimo.

• Chen Mu used snow lotus to raise the Six Viscera Scripture to 96% and continued cultivating Fallen Flowers, No Trace.
• Shen Lin reported that Zuo Qianqiu had entered the Six Bowel Realm and held off a Heavenly Demon Sect Venerable with the Profound Heaven Sword Diagram; Chen Mu discussed his strength and Murong Yan’s domain.
• Lin Yong reported on disaster losses and relief measures in Cold North County, and Chen Mu told him to proceed with his plan.
• Chen Mu mastered the third level of Fallen Flowers, No Trace, formed a three-foot miniature domain, and brought his strength to the level of the Wind and Cloud Rankings’ top three; his Six Viscera Scripture reached 99%.
• Sang Huai left the Frost North County Office disguised as an ordinary martial warrior, crossed the city wall, and revealed himself as a Tier Seven Demon Venerable in a secluded valley.
• Sang Huai asked Xianyu Chen and Li Shimo how their investigation was going.

The three Heavenly Demon Sect Great Venerables gathered above Snow Cliff and agreed to target Chen Mu, dividing the spoils they expected to take from him. In Frost North County, Chen Mu discussed the martial path with Meng Danyun and Murong Yan until a Military Formation Disc signal called Murong Yan away.

• Xianyu Chen, Sang Huai, and Li Shimo met above Snow Cliff and chose Chen Mu in Frost North County as their target.
• Li Shimo demanded Chen Mu's heart and lungs, Sang Huai claimed the Six Bowel and the rest of his body, and Xianyu Chen negotiated for half of his Blood Essence.
• Chen Mu and Meng Danyun discussed Chu Jingsu's chances of breaking through the Mysterious Pass, and Chen Mu estimated them at around thirty percent.
• Murong Yan visited Chen Mu to discuss her cultivation of the Kun Earth Lineage, and they exchanged insights and moves while Meng Danyun watched.
• Chen Mu and Murong Yan received a Military Formation Disc signal, and Murong Yan immediately left to answer it.

Murong Yan realized the Heavenly Demon Sect had used an ambush to lure her away from the Frost North County Government, and she raced back fearing for Chen Mu. Meanwhile, Chen Mu repelled a disguised Demon Lord’s assassination attempt in his courtyard, where Meng Danyun identified the intruder as Thousand-Faced Demon Lord Sang Huai.

• Murong Yan learned from Liu Dan that the demonfolk had drawn his group into a fight without pressing their advantage, and she deduced they had lured her away from the County Government.
• Liu Dan and his disciples realized the County Government might be the real target and hurried toward safety as Murong Yan sped back to protect Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu and Meng Danyun discussed martial arts until a sallow-faced man in a yamen runner’s uniform entered the courtyard and attacked Chen Mu with a poisonous needle.
• Chen Mu’s heavenly might destroyed the needle and shattered his courtyard, while the concealed intruder revealed the Demon Might of a Tier Seven Demon Lord.
• Meng Danyun recognized the attacker as Thousand-Faced Demon Lord Sang Huai as County Government officials gathered nearby, unable to approach through the demon power and heavenly pressure.

Chen Mu faced the Heavenly Demon Sect’s three Tier Seven Demon Lords after they lured Murong Yan away from the county government. He revealed a Three Feet Forbidden Domain and killed Sang Huai with one overwhelming strike while Li Shimo and Xianyu Chen’s attacks failed to harm him.

• Sang Huai shed his disguise and joined Li Shimo and Xianyu Chen in surrounding Chen Mu at the county government.
• Meng Danyun and Shen Lin realized Murong Yan had been lured away, leaving Chen Mu to face all three Demon Lords alone.
• Xianyu Chen, Li Shimo, and Sang Huai attacked Chen Mu together, but their strikes were stopped and destroyed within three feet of him.
• Chen Mu explained that his defense was a Three Feet Forbidden Domain formed through his mastery of the Power of Heaven and Earth and Origin Astral Force.
• Chen Mu struck Sang Huai with a condensed Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, piercing through his body and killing him.
• Li Shimo and Xianyu Chen attacked Chen Mu from behind, but his forbidden domain blocked their strikes as he crushed Sang Huai’s remaining resistance.

Chen Mu defeated the three Heavenly Demon Sect lords who ambushed him at the County Government, killing Sang Huai, Li Shimo, and Xianyu Chen. His victory shook Ice Province, though the battle left the courtyard in ruins.

• Chen Mu killed Sang Huai with the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal while Shen Lin and the others watched in shock.
• Li Shimo tried to flee, transformed into the Four-Armed Heavenly Ape, and was killed by Chen Mu's Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal.
• Chen Mu pursued Xianyu Chen into the sky, using the Cold Soul Spiritual Blade to slow him before striking him down with the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal.
• Xianyu Chen fell onto the County Government's northern wall, and Chen Mu returned to the ruined courtyard, remarking that he would need to change courtyards again.
• News that Chen Mu had killed all three Heavenly Demon Sect lords spread across Ice Province and shook the region.

Murong Yan returned to Frost North County and learned that Chen Mu had defeated and killed all three of the Heavenly Demon Sect’s great Demon Lords. The revised Wind and Cloud Rankings then placed Chen Mu third, while his supporters in Jade Commandery learned of his rise from afar.

• Murong Yan reached Frost North County, found the battle over, and recognized White Feather Demon Lord Xianyu Chen’s corpse as a victim of the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal.
• Chen Mu appeared unharmed, told Murong Yan that the Heavenly Demon Sect had lured her away, and carried Xianyu Chen’s corpse off; Zhao Zhenchuan explained that Chen Mu had slain all three great Demon Lords.
• Murong Yan realized Chen Mu’s strength had reached the level of the Wind and Cloud Rankings’ top three.
• In Jade Commandery, Min Baoyi and Xu Feng discussed the fighting in Ice Province and worried about Chen Mu’s safety.
• Min Baoyi bought the newly issued Wind and Cloud Rankings and read that Chen Mu had killed Sang Huai, Li Shimo, and Xianyu Chen, earning third place in Cold North Province.

Yu Yingchen failed to persuade Hua Yunsheng to join North Suppressing Manor and discussed Chen Mu’s growing power and possible future as a Qiankun Grandmaster. In Bitter Province, Hua Nongying urged Xia Yu'e to consider supporting Chen Mu, but Xia Yu'e remained uncertain whether he truly bore Heaven’s mandate.

• Yu Yingchen visited Jade Spring Manor and tried to recruit Hua Yunsheng, who refused to bind himself to North Suppressing Manor.
• Yu Yingchen told Hua Yunsheng that Chen Mu had risen to third on the Wind and Cloud Rankings, and Hua Yunsheng predicted Chen Mu might surpass him within years or a decade.
• Yu Yingchen considered Chen Mu a dangerous future variable but accepted Yuan Hong’s decision to wait until Ice Province’s conflict settled before acting.
• Hua Nongying praised Chen Mu to Xia Yu'e and suggested the Joyful Union Sect prepare to support him if he was Heaven’s mandate.
• Xia Yu'e considered Hua Nongying’s proposal but remained cautious about whether Chen Mu could overcome the Marrow Cleansing barrier or was merely a passing talent.

Chen Yue and Xu Hongyu received news that Chen Mu had killed the Heavenly Demon Sect’s three great Demon Venerables, while Ice Severing Palace’s leaders discussed how the victory affected the siege of Ice Province. Chen Mu secretly withdrew into a mountain to begin his final tempering before breaking into the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

• Chen Yue captured a mountain fortress after killing its leader and learned that Chen Mu had slain the three great Demon Venerables.
• Xu Hongyu received news of Chen Mu’s victory and the revised Wind and Cloud Rankings, and she worried the ranking might provoke Lin Han and increase Chen Mu’s troubles.
• Han Mio and Han Ming discussed how Chen Mu’s victory and the Seven Mysteries Sect’s success in Frost County eased Ice Severing Palace’s position against the foreign tribes and the two sects.
• Chen Mu left the County Government of Frost North County and hid deep inside a snow mountain to avoid further schemes and begin secluded cultivation.
• Chen Mu used two spiritual items as experience points and prepared to complete the final tempering of the Six Bowel Realm.

Chen Mu completed the ultimate tempering of his Six Bowel Realm, attaining the Flawless Body and a greatly extended lifespan. He began breaking through the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Pass, passed the Heart Pass, and shattered the Body Pass in one rush.

• Chen Mu used the System Panel and spiritual power from two nourishing spiritual treasures to temper his six bowels to their limit, completing his Inner World.
• Chen Mu realized his Flawless Body kept impurities from arising within him and allowed him to live beyond two hundred years without his strength declining with age.
• Chen Mu considered how entering the Marrow Cleansing Realm and forming a Flawless Martial Body would seal away his primordial essence and further extend his life.
• Chen Mu entered a meditative vision of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Pass and climbed the Heart Pass stairs without regret or doubt.
• Chen Mu crossed the Heart Pass with his Qiankun martial dao unchanged, then drove his Origin Astral internal breath through the Body Pass and shattered it.

Chen Mu broke through the Heaven and Earth Pass, briefly glimpsed the true form of heaven and earth, and endured the infusion of its power as he forged a Qian Kun Martial Body. After four days in the mountain cave, he completed the body and stood on the verge of entering the Marrow Cleansing Realm as a Grandmaster.

• Chen Mu achieved Spiritual-Flesh Unity after breaking the Heart Pass and Body Pass, then tore through the Heaven and Earth Pass with a single strike.
• Chen Mu briefly merged his awareness with heaven and earth, glimpsed their true form and the third step of artistic conception, then returned to his body before losing himself.
• Chen Mu drew in the Power of Heaven and Earth and endured its painful cleansing as it infused his body and began forging his martial body.
• Chen Mu concluded that condensing a Qian Kun Martial Body required extreme tempering throughout the body and that many would-be Grandmasters likely died during the infusion.
• Chen Mu endured four days of Heaven and Earth Body Infusion, and his Qian Kun Martial Body was complete.

Chen Mu completed the Initial Formation of his Qiankun Martial Body, gaining strength comparable to a peak Grandmaster, and decided to focus next on advancing his Qiankun Power of Intent Realm. He returned to Cold North County and found the Wind and Cloud Rankings had been revised, with his name in third place.

• Chen Mu tested his newly formed Qiankun Martial Body and realized its strength, combined with his Qiankun Power of Intent Realm, placed him near the level of a Peerless Grandmaster.
• Chen Mu checked the System Panel, found that tempering his martial body further required three thousand experience points, and chose to prioritize comprehending his Qiankun Power of Intent Realm.
• Chen Mu consolidated his cultivation in the mountain cave, then emerged through solid rock and left a woodcutter convinced he had seen a ghost.
• Chen Mu returned to Cold North County after more than ten days away and saw that the city wall damage from his battle with White Feather Demon Lord Xianyu Chen had mostly been repaired.
• Chen Mu entered a bookshop unseen, read the revised Wind and Cloud Rankings, and found his name in third place.