Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu visited Fan Gu Hall to exchange for God Power Secret Techniques after making further progress toward the Divine Lord level. Fan Gu God Monarch appeared, acknowledged Chen Mu as a Divine Lord, and discussed how neither Chen Mu nor Tai Chen had reached that stage by luck.

• Chen Mu met Hong Lin at Fan Gu Hall and examined its God Power Secret Techniques after confirming he had made progress.
• Chen Mu selected the Myriad Worlds Divine Method, two Void Lineage techniques, and three Time Lineage techniques.
• Fan Gu God Monarch appeared in Hong Lin's place and told Chen Mu that he had already attained Divine Lord status.
• Chen Mu humbly credited his success to luck, and Fan Gu God Monarch replied that becoming a Divine Lord required great wisdom and perseverance.
• Chen Mu agreed that Tai Chen had reached the Divine Lord level through his own efforts and accumulated experience.

Chen Mu met with Fan Gu God Monarch to exchange for God Power Secret Techniques, but Fan Gu instead offered him the Fan Gu Hall Master position and granted him extensive authority over the Hall. Chen Mu declined the position, accepted the authority, and planned to bring his God Power True Body to Fan Gu Realm to study the Hall’s Void profundities.

• Fan Gu God Monarch reflected on Chen Mu’s extraordinary rise and asked whether he had come to exchange for God Power Secret Techniques.
• Fan Gu God Monarch offered Chen Mu the position of Fan Gu Hall Master, but Chen Mu declined and said he would help with important matters when needed.
• Fan Gu God Monarch granted Chen Mu the authority of a deputy hall master, allowing him to access Fan Gu Hall’s secret arts and intelligence and mobilize part of the Upper Divine Weapon’s might.
• Chen Mu realized that studying Fan Gu Hall could accelerate his Void Lineage comprehension, so he sent his God Power True Body toward Fan Gu Realm.
• Chen Mu finished memorizing the secret techniques he needed, then left after Hong Lin approached and asked whether he still needed to select any techniques.

Chen Mu studied the Void mysteries in Fan Gu Hall and mastered the Overlap Profundity, gaining a new direction for understanding the Void Lineage. He considered whether to focus on that path but continued by turning to the remaining Infinity Profundity.

• Chen Mu arrived secretly at Fan Gu Hall and immersed himself in its Void patterns for several dozen Realm Years.
• Chen Mu found that his accumulated experience had reached the requirement for Overlap and revealed the essence of that Profundity through the System Panel.
• Chen Mu saw that the Primordial Land beyond the Nine-Layer Void contained endlessly overlapping layers and reflected on how the Void Lineage's five Profundities shared a common essence.
• Chen Mu mastered Overlap and gained a vague direction for future Mysteries Fusion in the Void Lineage.
• Chen Mu considered switching his cultivation focus to the Void Lineage, then decided to first comprehend Infinity and evaluate his progress before choosing.

After mastering all fifteen Fundamental Profundities of the three Source Paths, Chen Mu created five Time Lineage inheritance diagrams for Great Xuan World. As conflict spread across the Fan Gu Void Domain amid rumors that Fan Gu God Monarch was in trouble, Chen Mu told Xu Hongyu he had gained some ability to protect himself, though he still sought the strength to withstand the coming storm.

• Chen Mu completed the five Time Dao profundity diagrams and left them for the people of Great Xuan World to study.
• Chen Mu told Xu Hongyu that conflicts over resources were worsening across the Void Domains as factions tested the Fan Gu Void Domain's borders.
• Xu Hongyu asked whether Fan Gu God Monarch had truly encountered trouble, and Chen Mu said he could not know for certain but suspected the rumors might be true.
• Chen Mu reassured Xu Hongyu that his strength had reached the Seventh Heaven Peak and that he could protect himself to some extent.
• Chen Mu resolved to keep growing stronger so he could face the coming storm without letting it threaten Great Xuan World.

Chen Mu joined Hong Lin at the Void Current River to help defend Fan Gu Void Domain’s territory from incursions by rival domains while studying the river’s profound mysteries. As Hong Lin went to investigate a distant battle, Chen Mu stayed by the river and began analyzing the powers within its vortices.

• Hong Lin explained that the Ancestor Demon, Night Crest, and Celestial Peak Void Domains had been crossing into Fan Gu Void Domain’s stretch of the Void Current River to seize resources.
• Chen Mu agreed to accompany Hong Lin, leaving a Sixth Heaven avatar in Fan Gu Hall while bringing his God Power True Body to the river.
• Chen Mu and Hong Lin sensed a battle involving Divine Realm beings, and Hong Lin left to investigate while Chen Mu remained behind.
• Chen Mu watched a void vortex form and collapse, then considered how it combined the powers of Division, Convergence, Extension, Overlap, and Infinity.

Chen Mu discovered a strange lump of World Mud in the Void Current River and used his mastery of the Years Path to pull it from the past into the present. After examining it, he reflected on how time could affect matter and the limits of interfering with the past.

• Chen Mu spotted Void Refined Metal in a dangerous vortex but chose not to risk retrieving it.
• Chen Mu tried to capture an unusual mass of black mud with Creation and Void threads, but it slipped through both.
• Chen Mu recognized that Years Power had left the mud’s true body in the past and used his Past Line to retrieve it.
• Chen Mu discovered the substance was ordinary World Mud made rare by its connection to the past, then stored it away.
• Chen Mu considered the Years Path’s principles and concluded that reviving the dead from the past required immense power and faced severe resistance from time.

Chen Mu continued cultivating the Void Dao by studying the Void Current River, confident that accumulating insight would eventually lead to Mysteries Fusion. Hong Lin returned after driving off Devil Race intruders and reflected on how time had worn down her hope of reaching the Seventh Heaven.

• Chen Mu reviewed his progress toward fusing the Convergence and Extension Profundities and estimated that he might complete it within four thousand more Realm Years.
• Hong Lin returned and told Chen Mu that she had driven away several Sixth Heaven True Demons from the Devil Race.
• Hong Lin described how the Void Current River had aided her cultivation, but said that seven Tribulations at Sixth Heaven Peak had not brought her through Mysteries Fusion.
• Chen Mu told Hong Lin that steady accumulation and unwavering faith could eventually overcome the Mysteries Fusion bottleneck.
• Hong Lin admitted she feared that time would eventually erode her faith, while Chen Mu realized that his short life had left him unable to understand her doubts.

Chen Mu discovered a fragment of a shattered Creation Lineage Divine Weapon in the Void Current River, then sensed a Sixth Heaven Peak battle near the Ancestor Demon Void Domain and went to intervene. As Man Hui broke through the Fan Gu Void Domain fighters’ encirclement with the All Aspects Spirit Jade, Chen Mu struck at him with the Floating Life Sword.

• Chen Mu pulled a golden Divine Weapon fragment from the Void Current River and recognized its intricate patterns as Creation Lineage mysteries from a weapon once belonging to a Nine Heavens Divine Lord.
• Chen Mu sensed a Sixth Heaven Peak conflict near the Ancestor Demon Void Domain and left to help the Fan Gu Void Domain.
• Man Hui Demon General ambushed Hei Liu, Zhen Fan, and Mo Li after they retrieved the All Aspects Spirit Jade, then seized the treasure.
• Hei Liu, Zhen Fan, and Mo Li fought to keep Man Hui from escaping, but he overpowered them and said Hong Lin was occupied elsewhere.
• As Man Hui broke free of their encirclement, Chen Mu’s voice ordered him to stay, and the Floating Life Sword streaked toward him.

Chen Mu fought Man Hui Demon General on the Void Current River and revealed strength beyond the Sixth Heaven Peak. After using a Years Path secret art to unleash power that briefly reached the Seventh Heaven Threshold, he annihilated Man Hui’s God Power True Body.

• Chen Mu’s sword strike overwhelmed Man Hui, who recognized him and tried to flee.
• Hei Liu, Zhen Fan, and Mo Li blocked Man Hui’s escape, allowing Chen Mu to keep pressing the attack.
• Man Hui contacted other Sixth Heaven Demon Generals for help, but they realized they could not arrive in time and urged him to seek a Demon Lord.
• Chen Mu used a Years Path secret art to intensify his sword light, while Hei Liu, Zhen Fan, and Mo Li retreated from the fight.
• Chen Mu’s sword light tore at the Seventh Void Layer and annihilated Man Hui’s God Power True Body.

After Chen Mu killed Man Hui Demon General, his Sixth Heaven Limit strength drew attention from Divine Lords, while his presence helped stabilize the Fan Gu Void Domain’s borders. More than twelve thousand Realm Years later, Fan Gu God Monarch won the Thousand Illusions Voidspirit Flower at Silver Sky Peak and drove off the Divine Lords who had contested it.

• News of Chen Mu killing Man Hui Demon General spread, alarming Divine Lords who worried that Chen Mu and Tai Chen could soon become powerful threats.
• Hong Lin told Chen Mu that three Sixth Heaven Peak True Gods from the Celestial Peak Void Domain had retreated after hearing of his victory.
• Chen Mu continued comprehending the Void Current River for more than twelve thousand Realm Years, during which incursions into the Fan Gu Void Domain greatly decreased.
• At Silver Sky Peak, Fan Gu God Monarch battled Ming Fan God Monarch and several other Divine Lords over the Thousand Illusions Voidspirit Flower.
• Ming Fan God Monarch withdrew after Fan Gu God Monarch secured the flower, and Demon Lord Shang Mang and the other Divine Lords also departed.

Fan Gu God Monarch worried that his trapped true body and the growing strength of Tai Chen and Chen Mu might not be enough to stabilize the worsening situation. As Chen Mu neared his fourth Dual Mysteries Fusion, Hong Lin called for help against a Night Crest Void Domain force, and Chen Mu left to intervene.

• Fan Gu God Monarch resolved not to yield the Thousand Illusions Voidspirit Flower and hoped Tai Chen and Chen Mu would soon strengthen the Fan Gu Void Domain's position.
• Chen Mu reviewed his progress after twelve thousand Realm Years, having mastered three Dual Mysteries Fusions and nearing a fourth.
• Chen Mu received Hong Lin's request for aid and departed after sensing a battle involving multiple Sixth Heaven experts.
• Hong Lin confronted four Sixth Heaven Peak experts from the Night Crest Void Domain, who demanded that she surrender a disputed Boundless Cliffstone.
• The four Night Crest experts attacked Hong Lin while more of their forces watched from hiding, and the Wing King and other observers suspected Ye Mo might have emerged to face Chen Mu.

Chen Mu arrived at the Void Current River as Hong Lin fought Feng Lin and three other Sixth Heaven Peak experts, drawing Ye Mo out to challenge him. Chen Mu effortlessly shattered Ye Mo’s Dark Sky Eye and crushed him with a single palm, leaving only black ash.

• Night Crest Void Domain experts discussed Hong Lin’s battle and Chen Mu’s talent, while Ye Mo claimed that Fan Gu God Monarch would no longer be able to protect Chen Mu for long.
• Chen Mu arrived at the Void Current River and watched Hong Lin fight Feng Lin and the other three without intervening.
• Ye Mo emerged from hiding, confronted Chen Mu, and announced that he wanted to test his methods.
• Ye Mo used Dark Sky Eye to attack Chen Mu, but the black radiance surrounding Chen Mu froze and shattered without Chen Mu showing any movement.
• Chen Mu pressed one hand toward Ye Mo, overwhelmed his resistance, and crushed him until only a wisp of black ash remained.

Chen Mu revealed that he had become a powerful Void Lineage Divine Lord, killing Night Crest Void Domain intruders and persuading Ye Yu God Monarch to withdraw from the conflict. As news of Mu God Monarch spread, Chen Mu continued cultivating and aimed to reach the Eighth Heaven Threshold.

• Chen Mu killed Ye Mo and seized his Divine Weapons, then annihilated Feng Lin and three other Sixth Heaven Peak True Gods while sparing Hong Lin.
• Chen Mu left the battlefield and confronted Ye Yu God Monarch in the Void Path, where Ye Yu confirmed Chen Mu's strength and abandoned the dispute with the Fan Gu Void Domain.
• Chen Mu explained that he had acted to deter other domains and buy time for Fan Gu God Monarch, while revealing that his strength had reached the Seventh Heaven Limit.
• Chen Mu continued comprehending Dual Mysteries Fusions, seeking to break through to the Eighth Heaven Threshold.
• News of Chen Mu's power spread across the void domains, and the name Mu God Monarch shocked them all.

Ya Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu discussed joining forces with the Devil Race to eliminate Chen Mu and seize the Fan Gu Void Domain. At Fan Gu Hall, Fan Gu God Monarch gave Chen Mu the Haotian Mirror, an Upper Divine Weapon compatible with his Void Profundities, as the factions prepared to move against them.

• Ya Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu agreed they needed to deal with Chen Mu and considered joining forces with the Devil Race.
• Shang Mang invited Ya Xie to the Ancestor Demon Void Domain, and Cang Shu told him to go hear what the Devil Race wanted.
• Chen Mu told Fan Gu God Monarch that the Devil Race and the Divine Lords who had attacked Jian Mu God Monarch would continue to threaten them.
• Fan Gu God Monarch gave Chen Mu the Haotian Mirror, whose Void Profundities matched Chen Mu's mastery of Infinity and Extension.
• Chen Mu accepted the mirror and assured Fan Gu God Monarch that he would help defend the Fan Gu Void Domain.

Chen Mu used his mastery of Void Mysteries to unite his Interface Avatar with the entire Great Xuan World, creating a freely mobile avatar with few remaining limitations. The world was absorbed into his body, and Chen Mu confirmed that the transformation was complete.

• Seeking Wood reflected on Chen Mu’s rise to Divine Lordhood and hoped he would one day avenge Jian Mu God Monarch.
• A purple-robed Divine Realm ancestor reprimanded the Great Xuan emperor for allowing corruption and warned that Chen Yue might purge the imperial house again.
• Chen Mu observed Kyoto and began expanding his Interface Avatar, passing through the city and absorbing it without disturbing its inhabitants.
• Chen Mu extended his avatar across the Great Xuan World until it contained the entire realm.
• Chen Mu fused the Great Xuan World into his Interface Avatar, then returned to ordinary size and confirmed that the avatar could now move freely.

After refining the Haotian Mirror, Chen Mu reached strength near the Eighth Heaven and was ambushed at the Void Current River by Demon Lord Shang Mang, Ya Xie God Monarch, Feng Mao God Monarch, and Cang Shu God Monarch. He overwhelmed the attackers but could not yet kill Shang Mang, who fled from Chen Mu’s attempt to drive him into the river.

• Chen Mu completely refined the Haotian Mirror and judged that his full strength could shatter the eighth layer of space.
• Chen Mu pulled a Primal Heavy Stone from the Void Current River, but Demon Lord Shang Mang reached for it as Ya Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu launched a coordinated attack.
• Chen Mu reappeared unharmed, reclaimed the Primal Heavy Stone, and knocked Demon Lord Shang Mang into the Void Current River with a finger strike.
• Chen Mu repelled Ya Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu with a single palm, showing strength near the limit of the Seventh Heaven.
• Chen Mu tried to knock Shang Mang back into the river, but Shang Mang transformed into dark mist and retreated.

Chen Mu used the Haotian Mirror to repel the Devil Ancestor’s ambush, revealing power at the Eighth Heaven Threshold and leading his enemies to suspect he was a reincarnated Peerless God Monarch. The Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan chose to press their attack, leaving Chen Mu facing two Eighth Heaven Divine Lords.

• Chen Mu’s expanding Void Great Handprint caught Demon Lord Shang Mang, and their clash sent Shang Mang into the Void Current River.
• The Devil Ancestor emerged from the eighth layer of space and struck Chen Mu with a World-Suppressing Demon Seal.
• Chen Mu countered with the Haotian Mirror, whose power reached the Eighth Heaven Threshold, though the Devil Ancestor’s attack still outmatched it.
• Ya Xie, Feng Mao, Cang Shu, and the Devil Ancestor suspected Chen Mu was the reincarnation of a Peerless God Monarch.
• The Devil Ancestor renewed his assault and urged Ming Fan God Monarch to join him; Ming Fan emerged and attacked Chen Mu with silver threads.

Chen Mu escaped into the eighth layer of void while the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch pursued him. The other God Monarchs withdrew, and Chen Mu continued fleeing, resisting a causality-based attack as the chase went on.

• Chen Mu used the Haotian Mirror to escape the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch’s combined attack into the eighth layer of void.
• The Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch chased Chen Mu, while the Seventh Heaven Peak God Monarchs stayed behind because they could not enter the eighth layer.
• Demon Lord Shang Mang regretted failing to kill Chen Mu earlier, and Feng Mao God Monarch decided to await news before choosing whether to fight or flee.
• Hong Lin arrived at the battle site, worried about Chen Mu and resolved to pursue Mysteries Fusion so she could become a God Monarch.
• Chen Mu traveled through the eighth layer with the Haotian Mirror and crushed a causality-based killing move launched by the Devil Ancestor.

Chen Mu continued fighting off the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch while Fan Gu God Monarch guarded the Fan Gu Void Domain, and rumors about Chen Mu’s origins made other factions wary. Meanwhile, Chen Mu’s Interface Avatar withdrew to the distant Celestial Peak Sky Citadel and began studying the Boundless Star River’s mysteries.

• Chen Mu and Fan Gu God Monarch discussed Chen Mu’s new Eighth Heaven strength and his prospects for mastering Three Mysteries Fusion, while Chen Mu said he could keep the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan occupied without help.
• Fan Gu God Monarch agreed to protect the Fan Gu Void Domain as Chen Mu continued his running battle against the two overlords.
• After several hundred Realm Years, Chen Mu’s prolonged fight had deterred other factions from interfering, and many ancient Divine Lords speculated that he was a reincarnated peerless Divine Lord.
• Chen Mu’s Interface Avatar stayed hidden in the Celestial Peak Sky Citadel, far from the conflict, and checked that it had accumulated 3913 experience points toward fusing the three Profundities.
• Chen Mu entered the Boundless Star River, reflected on its stable structure and how it contrasted with the Void Current River, then immersed himself in studying the Void Dao.

The South China God Monarch and Celestial Peak Master learned of Chen Mu and considered whether he was a reincarnated Ninth Heaven Divine Lord, but neither chose to interfere. Meanwhile, Chen Mu continued evading the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch through the Void Path, and their pursuit remained unresolved after more than a thousand Realm Years.

• The South China God Monarch tried and failed to divine Chen Mu’s fate, then decided not to involve himself in the affairs of a possible Ninth Heaven reincarnation.
• The Celestial Peak Master learned of Chen Mu, dismissed him as a concern, and reflected on the Final Tribulation and his hopes of advancing or reaching the Origin Void Domain.
• Chen Mu used the Haotian Mirror to evade the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch’s attacks as he fled through the Void Path.
• After more than a thousand Realm Years, the Devil Ancestor and Ming Fan God Monarch recognized that their pursuit had barely weakened Chen Mu, but continued chasing him in hopes of finding an opportunity to defeat him.