Chapter Summaries

After entering the Divine Realm, Chen Mu explored his new ability to create an Inner World and realized that breaking free from a world’s restraints depended on the Supreme Rules and the Source River. He then left the Great Xuan World to test how many layers of void his strength could shatter.

• Chen Mu used Divine Power and the Void Dao to create a Grotto-Heaven within his body, then shaped it into a world with the Creation Path.
• Chen Mu discovered that he could not sustain a vast world with living beings and concluded that Seeking Wood’s immense life essence explained its unusual strength despite its limited ability to fight.
• Chen Mu created Innate Beings in his Inner World and reasoned that reaching the Divine Realm was what allowed a being to break the rules imposed by its world.
• Chen Mu explained to himself that the Supreme Rules and the Source River enabled beings from unawakened worlds to break free, while a Divine Realm being could eventually rewrite its world’s rules.
• Chen Mu collapsed most of his Inner World, moved his belongings from the Qiankun Pot into his body, and kept three Divine Weapons.
• Chen Mu traveled beyond the Great Xuan World into the void and prepared to test whether he could shatter the Fourth Heaven.

Chen Mu tested the strength of his new Divine Realm foundation by striking the layers of space, then combined his Creation, Void, and Time powers to shatter the fourth layer. The resulting shockwave reached Seeking Wood Cave Heaven, where its guardian sensed a Fourth Heaven expert’s strike and wondered who had acted.

• Chen Mu found that his tenfold Divine Power foundation easily pierced the first three spatial layers but could not break the fourth.
• Chen Mu entered the Endless State of Creation Enlightenment and doubled his strength, shaking the fourth layer with a punch.
• Chen Mu combined the Null State and Endless State, deforming the fourth layer with a strike fueled by Void and Creation powers.
• Chen Mu entered the Ethereal State and united his Void, Creation, and Time powers, shattering the fourth layer of space.
• The shockwave from Chen Mu’s strike reached the Great Xuan World and nearby Grotto-Heavens, then traveled to Seeking Wood Cave Heaven.
• The guardian of Seeking Wood Cave Heaven sensed the Fourth Heaven fluctuation and wondered whether the Devil Race had begun its invasion early.

After entering the Divine Realm, Chen Mu tested his strength in the Fourth Heaven and considered how Divine Weapons, God Power Secret Techniques, and Source Paths could help him advance. He ended by discovering that his System Panel could once again accumulate experience for his Source Paths.

• Chen Mu shattered the Fourth Heaven's void barrier, tested the Void Cone, and confirmed that his three Divine Weapons greatly amplified his power.
• Chen Mu tried to shake the Fifth Heaven's void but could not affect it, then assessed how far he remained from stronger Divine Realm beings and Divine Lords.
• Chen Mu considered obtaining a middle-grade Divine Weapon and asking Seeking Wood about God Power Secret Techniques.
• Chen Mu opened the System Panel and saw that experience had begun accumulating again for Void, Time Dao, and Creation.

Chen Mu examined the Void Dao’s path beyond Dao Entry, learned how slowly he could gain experience toward its fundamental mysteries, and traveled to Seeking Wood for guidance. Seeking Wood recognized Chen Mu as a newly ascended Divine Realm being and assessed his prospects as he began learning about cultivation beyond the Divine Realm.

• Chen Mu saw that the System Panel divided the Void Dao into five fundamental mysteries and showed that mastering the path required fusing them.
• Chen Mu spent several days contemplating the void and gained only one experience point, then decided to ask Seeking Wood about Divine Realm cultivation and God Power Secret Techniques.
• Chen Mu crossed the Void Tides and approached Seeking Wood Cave Heaven, where his Divine Realm aura put Seeking Wood and the local Spirit Race members on guard.
• Chen Mu revealed his Life Imprint, allowing Seeking Wood to recognize him and relax.
• Seeking Wood welcomed Chen Mu as a fellow Divine Realm being and said his Divine Power foundation and comprehension gave him good prospects for reaching above the Fourth Heaven.

Chen Mu asked Seeking Wood for a God Power Secret Technique and revealed that he had attained Creation Enlightenment while still following the Void Lineage. Seeking Wood offered to accept him as a registered disciple of the missing Jian Mu God Monarch and teach him the God Monarch-level Spirit Birth Divine Method.

• Chen Mu asked Seeking Wood for a God Power Secret Technique, and Seeking Wood explained how such techniques depended on a cultivator’s Source Path and specialization.
• Seeking Wood advised Chen Mu to follow the Void Lineage, but Chen Mu revealed his Creation Power and showed that he had reached Creation Enlightenment.
• Seeking Wood realized Chen Mu had advanced in both the Void and Creation Lineages and decided that Chen Mu’s talent made his cultivation path less important to Seeking Wood’s hopes of returning home.
• Seeking Wood offered Chen Mu two ordinary Creation Lineage techniques and proposed teaching him the God Monarch-level Spirit Birth Divine Method as a registered disciple of the absent Jian Mu God Monarch.
• Chen Mu considered the offer while Seeking Wood explained that the registered-disciple status would impose few restrictions and would not prevent Chen Mu from later joining another God Monarch’s sect.

Chen Mu accepted Jian Mu God Monarch as his master through Seeking Wood and received three Creation Lineage secret techniques, including the powerful Spirit Birth Divine Method. After learning about the Creation Lineage’s five branches and the method’s immense potential, Chen Mu was advised to focus on the Creation Lineage as his main path.

• Chen Mu agreed to become Jian Mu God Monarch’s registered disciple, and Seeking Wood transmitted the Azure Jade True Method, the Spirit Transformation True Method, and the Spirit Birth Divine Method to him.
• Chen Mu studied the techniques and learned that the Spirit Birth Divine Method could amplify Divine Power up to ninetyfold when fully cultivated.
• Seeking Wood explained how different Divine Power Secret Techniques interacted and taught Chen Mu that the Creation Lineage had five branches: life, all spirits, creation, karma, and myriad aspects.
• Chen Mu recognized that his ten-portion Divine Power foundation was nearly three times stronger than an ordinary nine-portion foundation and reflected on the effort that had built it.
• Seeking Wood advised Chen Mu to focus on the Creation Lineage first, believing the Spirit Birth Divine Method offered him the clearest path to rapidly increasing his strength.

Seeking Wood advised Chen Mu to specialize in one cultivation path and proposed protecting the Great Xuan World by moving its true body there while Chen Mu’s God Power True Body escaped into the Fan Gu Void Domain. Chen Mu agreed to the plan and began helping Seeking Wood move, while the Spirit Race in the Seeking Wood Grotto-Heaven perished when its protection was withdrawn.

• Chen Mu decided to focus on the Spirit Birth Divine Method after Seeking Wood explained the benefits of specializing in one cultivation path.
• Seeking Wood explained that Chen Mu could claim the Great Xuan World’s Interface Origin and nurture an Interface Avatar, then suggested keeping the avatar in the world while his God Power True Body fled far away.
• Chen Mu agreed to help defend the Great Xuan World and rejected the idea of evacuating its people because his Inner World could not sustain them and leaving would harm their futures.
• Seeking Wood asked Chen Mu to help move its true body to the Great Xuan World, and Chen Mu entered the Seeking Wood Grotto-Heaven to assist.
• Seeking Wood withdrew the power sustaining the Grotto-Heaven, exposing it to the void and killing its Spirit Race inhabitants.

Chen Mu pushed Seeking Wood’s true body through the void toward the Great Xuan World, impressing Seeking Wood with his immense Divine Power and talent. After stopping outside the world because its Will of Heaven and Earth rejected him, Chen Mu returned inside and located the Interface Origin at Kunlun.

• Chen Mu used Void Power, Creation Power, and Divine Power to push Seeking Wood’s true body through the turbulent void.
• Seeking Wood concluded that Chen Mu’s Divine Power foundation was extraordinary and believed he was destined to become a Divine Lord.
• Chen Mu asked whether their disturbance might attract the Devil Race, and Seeking Wood explained that the distant race could not easily observe the void around the Great Xuan World.
• After several days, Seeking Wood’s true body reached the Great Xuan World’s World Wall, where the world’s Will of Heaven and Earth rejected him.
• Seeking Wood told Chen Mu to find and refine the Interface Origin so he could replace the world’s Will and let Seeking Wood enter.
• Chen Mu returned to the Great Xuan World, searched for its Interface Origin, and discovered it was at Kunlun.

Chen Mu found the Great Xuan World's Interface Origin beneath Kunlun Mountain and transformed it to nurture an Interface Avatar, causing the hidden world and the mountain to collapse. Nearby, an old farmer and his disciples Liang Yan and Zi Mo witnessed the catastrophe and were swallowed by its devastating aftershock.

• Chen Mu entered Kunlun Mountain, found the hidden Interface Origin, and infused it with his Life Imprints to begin nurturing his Interface Avatar.
• The Interface Origin became a Five-Colored Stone, severed its ties to the hidden world, and the resulting collapse shattered the World Wall around Chen Mu.
• The old farmer brought Liang Yan and Zi Mo to see Kunlun Main Peak and described the mountain's place in martial history.
• Kunlun Main Peak exploded and collapsed before the three, erasing Liang Yan's dream of climbing it.
• The old farmer tried to flee with Liang Yan and Zi Mo, but the aftershock shattered the surrounding World Wall and swept them away.

Chen Mu created an Interface Avatar that replaced the Will of Heaven and Earth in the Great Xuan World, then used it to restore the shattered Kunlun Mountain Range and free Seeking Wood from the world’s rejection. He and Seeking Wood agreed to avoid drawing the Devil Race’s attention while Chen Mu prepared to further cultivate the Spirit Birth Divine Method.

• Chen Mu sent Zhang Nong, Liang Yan, and Zi Mo from the Kunlun Mountain Range to Kunyu City, where they realized he was the Martial Saint who had transported them.
• Chen Mu halted the destructive aftershocks at Kunlun and watched the Five-Colored Stone produce an Interface Avatar bearing his appearance.
• Chen Mu found that the Interface Avatar could command the Great Xuan World’s laws, then used it to raise seven peaks and restore the Kunlun Mountain Range.
• Chen Mu and the Interface Avatar left the Great Xuan World and found that the avatar’s power began to drain beyond its boundary.
• Chen Mu used the Interface Avatar to remove the Great Xuan World’s rejection of Seeking Wood, which chose to remain Beyond the Realm to avoid attracting the Devil Race’s attention.
• Chen Mu agreed with Seeking Wood and planned to cultivate the first level of the Spirit Birth Divine Method before the Devil Race’s full-scale invasion.

Chen Mu's God Power True Body traveled deep into the Fan Gu Void Domain to cultivate the Spirit Birth Divine Method, while his Interface Avatar began creating a World in a World in Zhong Province. The chapter left Chen Mu studying the method and altering the new world's laws as the Great Xuan World still faced the Demon Calamity.

• Chen Mu's God Power True Body carried a branch of Seeking Wood's Life Heart and traveled beyond several great worlds to find a secluded place for cultivation.
• Chen Mu summoned the System Panel and began studying the Spirit Birth Divine Method, which started accumulating experience as he comprehended it.
• Chen Mu's Interface Avatar surveyed Zhong Province, saw Yan Jingqing serving in the Ministry of Justice, and reflected on the decline of the Martial Hall and the deaths of old acquaintances.
• Chen Mu cut out a space in the Earth Abyss of Zhong Province and began changing its laws to create a World in a World.
• Chen Mu resolved to develop heart-and-soul cultivation and a Creation Path martial method, but those plans depended on the Great Xuan World surviving the Demon Calamity.

Chen Mu used Years Dust Sand to accelerate his cultivation of the Spirit Birth Divine Method while finishing the rules and environment of a World in a World in the Great Xuan World. He noticed old acquaintances had broken through and prepared to invite them to test the new domain.

• Chen Mu activated Years Dust Sand around his God Power True Body, stabilizing a tenfold faster flow of time that could last two or three Realm Years outside.
• Chen Mu continued cultivating the Spirit Birth Divine Method within the accelerated time while his Interface Avatar adjusted the World in a World.
• Chen Mu shaped the World in a World into an earthly paradise, dividing it into a private domain and a smaller area for talented young martial artists.
• Chen Mu recognized that creating the World in a World had consumed the Great Xuan World's Power of Heaven and Earth, which he would need to replenish as its Realm Lord.
• Chen Mu sensed that old acquaintances in the Seven Mysteries Sect had broken through and decided to invite them to test the World in a World's rules and environment.

Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying entered the Blood Exchange Realm and discovered their thoughts and bodies had become even more closely linked. Chen Mu brought them to a world he had opened and confirmed that he had reached the Divine Realm, leaving them awed by his transcendence.

• Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying completed their Blood Exchange breakthrough as their fused hearts and souls allowed them to communicate and control each other’s bodies from afar.
• The sisters tested their new connection by fighting while each controlled the other’s body, then stopped to stabilize their foundations.
• Chen Mu appeared and transported them from the Joyful Union Sect’s Cold North stronghold to a world he had opened, where the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was exceptionally dense.
• Hua Nongyue told Chen Mu she felt an inexplicable awe toward him and asked whether he had reached the Divine Realm.
• Chen Mu confirmed that he had reached the Divine Realm, astonishing the sisters.

Chen Mu expanded the Heavenly Palace Realm for his companions while keeping it secret as the Demon Calamity approached. After a century of secluded cultivation, he mastered the first layer of the Spirit Birth Divine Method, doubling his Divine Power and preparing to test whether he could wield Seeking Wood.

• Chen Mu gave Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying a Strange Origin Pearl and Spirit Heart Divine Liquid, then explained that the Heavenly Palace Realm could extend their lifespans to several thousand years.
• Chen Mu brought Xu Hongyu, Ning He, Chen Yue, and a few trusted companions into the Heavenly Palace Realm, but kept its existence from most people because the Demon Calamity was imminent.
• Chen Mu spent ten realm years cultivating the Spirit Birth Divine Method in the distant void, using the Years Dust Sand to accelerate time for his God Power True Body.
• Chen Mu used the System Panel to master the method's first layer, doubling the Divine Power in each of his thirty-six thousand basic units.
• Chen Mu shattered the Fourth-Layer Void with Divine Power alone and concluded that his strengthened God Power might let him wield Seeking Wood's full power.

Chen Mu created the Great Dream Heart Refining Art to help Xu Hongyu and his family strengthen their heart-souls, and explained that his Fourth Heaven Divine Realm strength could help them reach godhood. After mastering the first layer of the Spirit Birth Divine Method through his Interface Avatar, he increased Heaven and Earth Origin Qi across Great Xuan by nearly one-tenth.

• Xu Hongyu tested Chen Mu's Great Dream Heart Refining Art and said it could temper her heart-soul and give her hope of reaching the Blood Exchange Realm.
• Chen Mu explained that he could help his family enter the Divine Realm, though relying on his help would limit their later progress.
• Chen Mu taught the Great Dream Heart Refining Art to Chen Yue and the others, then went to the Bottom of Earth Abyss.
• Chen Mu used Creation Power to cultivate the first layer of the Spirit Birth Divine Method through his Interface Avatar in ten days.
• Chen Mu discovered that strengthening the Interface Avatar had increased Heaven and Earth Origin Qi throughout Great Xuan by nearly one-tenth.

Chen Mu observed life in a barren Middle Realm and gained insight into the Life and Myriad Spirits profundities, while his Interface Avatar watched the Great Xuan World benefit from his breakthrough. He continued pursuing the Spirit Birth Divine Method’s requirements as cultivators across the Great Xuan World advanced under the increased Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

• Chen Mu traveled to a Middle Realm and discovered that its barren surface concealed a thriving underground world populated by plants, animals, and intelligent humanoid tribes.
• Chen Mu watched a tribal priest cultivate with Earth Vein Force and gained experience in the Life and Myriad Spirits profundities, with Myriad Spirits surpassing Life.
• Chen Mu realized that comprehending Life could also advance Myriad Spirits, a profundity required for the third layer of the Spirit Birth Divine Method.
• Chen Mu’s Interface Avatar surveyed the Great Xuan World and saw that Heaven and Earth Origin Qi had increased following his breakthrough.
• Several Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters, including cultivators from the Seven Mysteries Sect, entered the Blood Exchange Realm as the stronger Origin Qi improved cultivation across Great Xuan.

Chen Mu explored the Life Profundity by observing the lives and possibilities of beings across different worlds, then sought to discuss his insights with Seeking Wood. In a Middle Realm, he also sent a cultivation method to a Dwarf priest, intending to study how life changed in response.

• Chen Mu reflected on how life intertwined with the other Creation Path profundities and concluded that every being possessed the possibility of growth, though he could not explain how inhabitants of Middle Realms could overcome their limits.
• Chen Mu decided to visit Seeking Wood to discuss the Life Profundity and learn from his lofty life essence.
• Chen Mu's presence disturbed the Will of Heaven and Earth in a Middle Realm, causing an aged Dwarf priest cultivating with Earth Vein Force to suffer backlash and pray for forgiveness.
• Chen Mu sent the Dwarf priest information containing a better method for using Earth Vein Force, and the priest rejoiced at what he believed was a gift from the gods.
• Chen Mu watched Dwarf tribes face attacks from underground monsters, including a sleeping Tier Seven fire dragon, and used the new method to observe how life in the realm would change.

Chen Mu studied Life Profundity and learned from Seeking Wood why life across the Infinity Void Domain tended toward human form and why no mortal race could rely on a greater lineage. As Chen Mu weighed the risks of seeking protection from Fan Gu God Monarch, the Devil Race arrived to invade the Great Xuan World.

• Chen Mu observed an Underground Dwarf tribe spread his cultivation method and realized that life developed through adaptation and the survival of the fittest.
• Seeking Wood explained that beings often evolved toward human form because transcendent existences had manifested that way, but outward resemblance did not make different peoples the same race.
• Chen Mu understood that mortal races across the Infinity Void Domain had no common orthodoxy, while Divine Realm beings shared the same life essence regardless of their origins.
• Seeking Wood advised Chen Mu to cultivate in hiding or seek refuge with Fan Gu God Monarch, but Chen Mu hesitated because he knew little about the Fan Gu Void Domain and still needed to study Life Profundity.
• Chen Mu and Seeking Wood sensed the Devil Race approaching the Great Xuan World and realized the invasion had begun.

Mang, Wang, and Gray entered the Great Xuan World to draw out its Realm Lord, Chen Mu, while Demon General Ming Gui took command and planned to kill him. The Devil Race invasion began above Jade Province, where a single True Demon’s overwhelming presence forced the Great Xuan World’s martial artists from the sky.

• Mang, Wang, and Gray debated the dangers of invading a world ruled by Chen Mu, and Mang ordered them to enter and preserve the world during the battle.
• Demon General Ming Gui arrived, took command, promised Mang the merit and Creation Seven Leaf Flower he sought, and told the three True Demons to lure out Chen Mu.
• Mang, Wang, and Gray crossed the void passage into the Great Xuan World as Ming Gui remained behind, suspecting the mission might be part of a contest among powerful figures.
• At the Seven Mysteries Sect, Profound Heaven Dao Lord, Heaven Lake Island Master, and other martial artists sensed a crack in the sky and watched a gray vortex open above Jade Province.
• A black-armored demonic shadow carrying a halberd emerged alone from the vortex, and its pressure forced thousands of Grandmasters and hundreds of Blood Exchange experts out of the sky.

Three Divine Realm True Demons descended on the Seven Mysteries Sect to draw out Chen Mu, and Chen Mu appeared in time to repel Gray and clash with Mang. The chapter left Chen Mu and Mang facing each other in the shattered void, with Chen Mu recognizing Mang as the demon who had attacked him at the Bottom of Earth Abyss.

• Profound Heaven Dao Lord and the other martial artists were overwhelmed by Mang, while Qin Mengjun and Yin Heng activated the Seven Mysteries Sect’s Universe Locking Dragon formation.
• Wang and Gray joined Mang, and Gray attacked the sect with his Divine Weapon spear to force Chen Mu to appear.
• Chen Mu intercepted Gray’s attack, seized his spear, and impaled and hurled him into the third layer of the void, severely damaging his God Power True Body.
• Chen Mu pressed his attack on Gray, but Mang intervened with a halberd, and Chen Mu met the strike with a punch that shattered three layers of the void.
• After the clash, Chen Mu stood unharmed before Mang and recognized him as the True Demon who had attacked him at the Bottom of Earth Abyss.