Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen fought a Demonic Qi-corrupted Divine Wood Sentinel in the Wood God Temple’s branch hall and escaped just before it exploded. He reunited with Luo Li and the others, revealing that he had obtained a Divine Wood Tablet tied to the temple’s true inheritance.

• Black mist corrupted the Divine Wood Sentinel, and Di Er Meng told Mu Chen it contained lingering Demonic Qi from the Outer Evil Clan.
• Mu Chen fought the Sentinel, whose powerful armor and Demonic Qi made it difficult to damage, while Amon secretly piloted it and pretended not to notice Mu Chen forming an array.
• Mu Chen completed the Four Symbols Spirit Suppressing Array and brought the Sentinel down, but it began to self-destruct.
• Mu Chen used Time Zero to take the Wood Stele and a Bloodline Power pearl, then escaped the collapsing space.
• Mu Chen reunited with Hun Yufeng, Hun Jin, Hun Husheng, and Luo Li; Luo Li revealed her Immortal Spirit Tree, and Mu Chen showed them the Divine Wood Tablet linked to the Wood God Temple’s true inheritance.

Mu Chen absorbed a Blood Bead while Hun Yufeng waited for rival teams to form an alliance, and Amon watched from a spatial crack. Amon revealed that he had designed Mu Chen’s cultivation art and arranged for the Soul Clan members around him to make him more devoted to his loved ones and indifferent to others.

• Mu Chen inspected the Blood Bead and agreed with Hun Yufeng that they would wait for rival teams to gather before attacking them together.
• Hun Yufeng promised to spare Mu Chen’s friends if they surrendered, and Mu Chen said he cared most about those close to him.
• Di Er Meng confirmed that the Blood Bead had not been contaminated by Demonic Qi, so Mu Chen swallowed it and began cultivating while Luo Li guarded him.
• Hun Husheng and Hun Jin were surprised by how quickly Mu Chen was advancing in the Blood Emperor Body Tempering Art.
• Amon watched Mu Chen and revealed that he had created the art and selected Hun Yufeng, Hun Jin, and Hun Husheng to influence Mu Chen’s character.
• Amon withdrew after revealing that the Blood Bead Mu Chen had swallowed had been condensed from Amon’s own blood.

Mu Chen endured a brutal transformation after absorbing a high-grade Blood Bead, then recovered with greatly enhanced physical strength. After reassuring Luo Li and facing Hun Husheng's challenge, the group prepared to leave and return to The Academy.

• Mu Chen suffered severe pain and terrifying visions as the Blood Bead's essence tore through his body, while Hun Husheng stopped Luo Li from intervening and explained that he had to endure the cultivation process himself.
• Mu Chen's wounds repeatedly healed and reopened for more than half a month before his aura stabilized and the bleeding stopped.
• Mu Chen wondered whether lingering Demonic Qi had caused his vision, but Di Er Meng explained that it was likely a distorted memory carried by the Blood Bead's faint spiritual will.
• Luo Li embraced Mu Chen and asked him not to risk himself so recklessly again, while Mu Chen promised he would grow stronger so he could marry her.
• Hun Husheng challenged Mu Chen to spar, but Hun Yufeng stopped them and said the group should leave for The Academy after nearly a month of waiting.

Ji Xuan gathered powerful teams at Wood God Mountain to prepare for Hun Yufeng, while Xue Tianhe warned them that Hun Yufeng might be connected to the Soul Clan and Soul Hall. Hun Yufeng’s team headed toward the mountain to confront them, undeterred by the possibility of a trap.

• Wen Qingxuan, Ji Xuan, Wang Zhong, and other gathered teams discussed the ancient ruins and the rivalry between Wang Zhong and Ji Xuan.
• Xue Tianhe warned the group that Hun Yufeng’s surname might link him to the Soul Clan and the formidable Soul Hall, urging them to work together.
• Xiao Huang revealed that he had arranged Spirit Arrays around Wood God Mountain to suppress opponents below the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Huang suggested using another Northern Heavens Soul Academy team as bait, but Xue Tianhe said the Soul Clan would not be swayed by hostages or bait.
• Hun Yufeng’s team flew toward Wood God Mountain to meet the gathered teams, while Luo Li urged caution and Hun Jin dismissed their opponents as a flock of geese.

Hun Yufeng's group reached Wood God Mountain and activated the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array, signaling their intent to kill everyone gathered there. The opposing sides chose their duels and the battle began, with Mu Chen and Ji Xuan finally clashing.

• Hun Yufeng gave Mu Chen the Array Disk and instructed him to make the array absorb blood essence and soul energy across the widest possible area.
• Hun Husheng hurled a blood-red spear at Ji Xuan's gathered group, and Mu Chen activated the array as Hun Yufeng's team arrived.
• Xue Tianhe identified the array, explaining that it collected blood essence and souls and that Hun Yufeng meant to slaughter everyone.
• Mu Chen and Ji Xuan claimed each other as opponents, while Luo Li faced Xue Tianhe and Wen Qingxuan confronted Hun Husheng.
• Hun Jin released black mist as the battle began, and Mu Chen and Ji Xuan exchanged blows while declaring they would settle their rivalry.

Mu Chen fought Ji Xuan while Wen Qingxuan’s team battled Hun Husheng, but Luo Li’s full power with the Luo God Sword became the decisive force. She killed Xue Tianhe with a devastating strike, and Hun Jin seized his soul as the battle continued.

• Mu Chen held the upper hand against Ji Xuan, who was shocked by Mu Chen’s divine body-refining technique.
• Wen Qingxuan’s attacks wounded Hun Husheng, but Hun Husheng’s powerful body healed quickly and kept their battle at a stalemate.
• Luo Li unleashed the Luo God Sword and revealed the Spirit of the Luo River, drawing the attention of Mu Chen, Ji Xuan, and the others.
• Xue Tianhe summoned the Blood Demon Beast, but Luo Li’s sword strike split its phantom, killed him, and carved a deep ravine into the ground.
• Hun Jin hooked Xue Tianhe’s soul with a chain and took it for himself.

Hun Yufeng and Hun Jin attacked the gathered students, forcing Xiao Huang to use the Spirit Array’s Azure Dragon to resist. Meanwhile, Di Er Meng warned Mu Chen that Ji Xuan carried a dangerous power, and the battle continued as Hun Jin began killing students.

• Xiao Huang activated the altered Spirit Array, summoning a massive Azure Dragon from the combined power of hundreds of students.
• Hun Yufeng unleashed his Soul-Dissipating Palm, and the Azure Dragon weakened its attack before Hun Yufeng destroyed it with another strike.
• Di Er Meng offered Mu Chen her power and warned him that Ji Xuan carried a force within him that Mu Chen could not handle, but Mu Chen refused the offer.
• Hun Jin attacked Xiao Huang with chains and killed a student who was helping power the formation, spreading panic among the gathered students.
• Hun Yufeng warned Hun Jin not to kill certain people, and Hun Jin avoided the vital points of members of the Ice Spirit Clan and people linked to powerful factions.

Hun Yufeng and Hun Jin overwhelmed Xiao Huang’s group, killing or capturing nearly everyone before Mu Chen’s battle with Ji Xuan was interrupted by Wu Yingying claiming she was Mu Chen’s woman. The claim exposed Mu Chen’s past encounter with Wu Yingying and left Luo Li glaring at him as the battle continued.

• Hun Yufeng defeated Wu Ling, Lv Tian, and the others, then used a strange shadow to devour their life essence and souls.
• Xiao Huang detonated the grand formation and fled, but Hun Yufeng sealed the area with Void Devouring Flame and killed him.
• Hun Jin captured the remaining fighters with chains and moved to kill Wu Yingying and Wu Ling.
• Wu Yingying stopped Hun Jin by shouting that she was Mu Chen’s woman, drawing Hun Yufeng’s and Luo Li’s attention.
• Mu Chen was struck by Ji Xuan while trying to deny Wu Yingying’s claim, but Wu Yingying said he had seen her bathing in the Spirit Road.
• Hun Jin delayed killing Wu Yingying and Wu Ling to watch Mu Chen’s predicament, while Di Er Meng teased Mu Chen about Luo Li and Nine Nether.

Hun Husheng defeated Wen Qingxuan and made her sign the Loser List, while Mu Chen’s battle with Ji Xuan was interrupted when Ji Xuan transformed into an Ancient Sky Dragon Hawk. The transformed Ji Xuan revealed a terrifying presence, and Hun Yufeng suspected he was connected to the beast through bloodline or parasitism.

• Di Er Meng and Hun Yufeng teased Mu Chen about seeing Wu Yingying naked, and Hun Jin compared him to a great emperor from the Endless Fire Territory.
• Hun Husheng defeated Wen Qingxuan and knocked her down when she tried to speak.
• Hun Husheng refused to kill Wen Qingxuan, but made her sign the Loser List before allowing her to treat her injured teammates.
• Mu Chen sensed danger from Ji Xuan and prepared to use Time Zero after Ji Xuan’s forces were defeated.
• A sharp eagle cry sounded, and Ji Xuan transformed into a gigantic purple Ancient Sky Dragon Hawk.
• Luo Li identified the beast, while Hun Yufeng wondered whether Ji Xuan had a bloodline connection or a parasitic relationship with it.

Mu Chen summoned the projection of Amon’s clan leader and used the Peerless Greater Divine Ability, Universe in the Palm, to kill Ji Xuan. The battle ended with Mu Chen learning that the power came from a divine beast and that the technique had been left behind by the former First Meng.

• Mu Chen refused Hun Yufeng’s offer to take over the fight and asked Di Er Meng for power instead.
• Di Er Meng summoned a vast phantom that she identified as the projection of Amon’s clan leader, the Spirit Worm ranked first on the Heavenly Ranking of Ten Thousand Beasts.
• Terrified by the phantom, the Ancient Sky Dragon Hawk took control of Ji Xuan’s body and fled at Fourth Grade Sovereign strength.
• Mu Chen grasped Ji Xuan in a vast palm-shaped world and crushed him to dust with Universe in the Palm.
• Di Er Meng explained that Universe in the Palm evolved from Formless Hand and had been left behind by the former First Meng.

Mu Chen faced the Heavenly Saint Dean, who demanded his execution for killing tournament contestants, while Hun Miesheng defended him. As the academy deans took sides, Wen Qingxuan declared that Ten Phoenix Academy opposed the execution, leaving the vote unresolved.

• Di Er Meng urged Mu Chen to deal with the danger ahead, and several dozen figures arrived as Amon's power remained with him.
• Hun Miesheng appeared with the deans, and the Heavenly Saint Dean accused Mu Chen of killing contestants and demanded his death.
• Mu Chen openly admitted killing Ji Xuan and insulted the Heavenly Saint Dean, who attacked him before Hun Miesheng blocked the strike.
• The Heavenly Saint Dean called for a vote on executing Mu Chen, and several deans stood behind him while Hun Miesheng stood alone to protect Mu Chen.
• Wen Qingxuan declared that Ten Phoenix Academy opposed the execution, arguing that Mu Chen had fought fairly and broken no rules.

Wen Qingxuan and Tang Qiu Dean intervened to oppose the Heavenly Saint Dean’s attempt to execute Mu Chen, while Hun Miesheng revealed overwhelming strength and offered to fight. Mu Chen then stepped forward to face the Heavenly Saint Dean himself, ending the chapter by declaring he wanted the old man’s life.

• Wen Qingxuan invoked her status as the eldest daughter of the Northern Region Wen Clan to discourage the deans from punishing Mu Chen.
• Tang Qiu Dean supported Wen Qingxuan, while Wu Tianwang abstained from the vote on Mu Chen’s guilt.
• Hun Miesheng challenged the Heavenly Saint Dean, and his black mist overwhelmed the dean’s spiritual energy.
• Mu Chen asked Hun Miesheng to step aside so he could settle the grievance himself.
• Mu Chen reminded the Heavenly Saint Dean that he had twice sought his execution, then challenged him and called him an old dog.

Mu Chen confronted the Heavenly Saint Dean and the deans who supported him, then used the Ghost Blood Blade of Emperor Slaying to kill them in a single strike. The surviving deans backed down, apologized, and agreed to pay Hun Miesheng ten thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.

• Hun Jin and Hun Husheng compared Mu Chen to the young Flame Emperor, while Luo Li wondered about their booklet.
• Mu Chen warned the Heavenly Saint Dean and offered the other deans a chance to stay out of the fight; Tiansong Dean and several others withdrew.
• The Heavenly Saint Dean attacked Mu Chen with his Great Brightness Hand, but Mu Chen shattered the strike and beheaded him and more than a dozen hostile deans with the Ghost Blood Blade of Emperor Slaying.
• Mu Chen asked the remaining deans whether they still believed he had violated the rules, and Tiansong Dean apologized and affirmed that Mu Chen's actions complied with the tournament rules.
• Hun Miesheng demanded ten thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid as compensation, and Tiansong Dean agreed.

After Mu Chen killed Ji Xuan and dozens of Sovereign deans, Hun Miesheng ended the Spirit Academy Tournament and the survivors departed. Mu Chen reunited with Luo Li, while Di Er Meng returned with a mysterious gift and hinted that he would first face a difficulty.

• Hun Yufeng absorbed the dead Sovereigns’ blood essence and remaining souls into the Blood Soul Pill array, while Tang Qiu Dean asked how the tournament would proceed.
• Hun Miesheng ended the Spirit Academy Tournament for the time being, and Wu Tianwang and the other deans departed with their students.
• Mu Chen rested and discovered Di Er Meng was missing, then worried that summoning the phantom had drained her power.
• Di Er Meng returned and teased Mu Chen about an after-sales gift, but told him to get through the difficulty in front of him first.
• Luo Li confronted Mu Chen about his past encounter with Wu Yingying, then laughed and sat beside him.
• Hun Miesheng brought Shen Cangsheng and the others back, and they struggled to believe that Mu Chen had killed dozens of Sovereign-level deans with one slash.

After advancing to the Sovereign Realm with Hun Xiao’s help, Mu Chen rushed to Luo Li and found her grandfather, Luo Tianshen, arriving to take her home. Luo Tianshen tested Mu Chen with hidden pressure, but a woman’s cold voice interrupted him.

• Hun Xiao protected Mu Chen from the backlash over the tournament and arranged for him to use the Level 8 Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate.
• Mu Chen completed the Yin Volume of the Great Pagoda Art and successfully advanced to the Sovereign Realm.
• Luo Li told Li Xuantong that her grandfather would come for her after sensing her use of the Luo God Sword’s power.
• Luo Tianshen arrived at Northern Heavens Soul Academy with more than a hundred Silver-Armored Warriors riding Thunder Cranes.
• Mu Chen reached Luo Li and learned that Luo Tianshen had come to take her home; Luo Tianshen secretly pressured Mu Chen, but a woman threatened him for flying over the academy.

Hun Xiao confronted Luo Tianshen after he pressured Mu Chen, but Mu Chen eased the tension between his master and Luo Li’s grandfather. After examining Mu Chen, Luo Tianshen surprised him by asking when he planned to marry Luo Li.

• Hun Xiao appeared as a Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign and reprimanded Luo Tianshen for flying over the academy and intimidating Mu Chen.
• Luo Tianshen apologized twice, and Mu Chen introduced himself while asking both elders to let the misunderstanding go.
• Luo Tianshen realized Hun Xiao was trying to discourage his relationship with Luo Li, then apologized to her again.
• Luo Li stepped in front of Mu Chen when Luo Tianshen approached, but Mu Chen calmly faced her grandfather.
• Luo Tianshen praised Mu Chen and asked when he planned to marry Luo Li, suggesting they set a date immediately.

Mu Chen promised Luo Tianshen that he would become strong enough within three years to return to the Luo God Clan and bring Luo Li home. After Mu Chen used a gesture associated with the Amon Clan to frighten Luo Tianshen, Hun Xiao warned him that the name Amon was taboo and that supposed impostors had all turned out to be the real Amon.

• Hun Xiao told Luo Tianshen she would not help the Luo God Clan, and Luo Tianshen explained that he respected Luo Li’s choice despite the clan’s worsening crisis.
• Mu Chen asked Luo Tianshen for three years to grow strong enough to face the Luo God Clan’s challenges, and Luo Tianshen accepted the agreement.
• Luo Li kissed Mu Chen goodbye and left with Luo Tianshen, while Luo Tianshen warned Mu Chen that she could not wait long.
• Mu Chen showed Luo Tianshen a spiritual-energy Monocle, terrifying him into a hurried retreat.
• Mu Chen asked Di Er Meng and Hun Xiao about the Amon Clan, and Hun Xiao warned him that Amon’s name and manner were taboo because every supposed impersonator had proved to be Amon himself.

Luo Tianshen warned Luo Li that Mu Chen was entangled with a dangerous force connected to the taboo name Amon, but he could not explain further. At Northern Heavens Soul Academy, Hun Yufeng emerged as a Sovereign and announced that he and his companions would head to Tianluo Continent after their breakthroughs.

• Luo Tianshen urged Luo Li to avoid further contact with Mu Chen because of the dangerous thing entangled with him, but Luo Li defended Mu Chen and trusted that he would fulfill their Three-Year Agreement.
• Luo Tianshen told Luo Li that the danger was beyond his understanding and admitted he did not know whether Mu Chen would be safe.
• Hun Husheng and Hun Jin discussed Mu Chen's Three-Year Agreement and Hun Yufeng's decision to pursue the dangerous Soul-Devouring Absolute Life pill-fusion path.
• Hun Yufeng emerged from seclusion after entering the Sovereign realm and said Hun Jin and Hun Husheng would leave the academy once they also became Sovereigns.
• Hun Yufeng chose Tianluo Continent as their next destination and told Hun Jin and Hun Husheng to cultivate the Spirit Insect Dharma Body to help him.

Mu Chen learned that the Mysterious Black Paper contained a cultivation method for the Great Solar Undying Body, a remnant of the Eternal Undying Body. He decided to seek its remaining required treasures on Tianluo Continent by joining the Soul Hall.

• Di Er Meng revealed the black paper’s Immortal Records and explained the Great Solar Undying Body’s connection to the ancient Eternal Undying Body.
• Mu Chen agreed to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body, and Di Er Meng gave him the Nine Sun Spirit Mushroom he had earned in an earlier transaction.
• Di Er Meng told Mu Chen that Garuda of Tianluo Continent might possess the second remnant page of the Immortal Records.
• Mu Chen asked Hun Xiao for help finding the Void Solar Fruit and Undying Divine Leaf, and Hun Xiao offered him a letter of introduction to the Soul Hall.
• Hun Xiao directed Mu Chen to find Hun Xuzi, the Soul Hall’s chief Alchemist and Grand Celestial Worthy, when he reached Tianluo Continent.

Lin Dong confronted the Desolate Heavenly Devil Emperor at the border, where the Devil Emperor proposed a temporary alliance against Amon. Meanwhile, Amon appeared before Ling Qingzhu and revealed he had seized the opportunity to take her, leaving Lin Jing’s safety uncertain.

• Lin Jing disguised herself as a boy and slipped away from her guards to escape home, while Lin Dong left Ling Qingzhu to respond to trouble at the border.
• Lin Yan prepared the Martial Border’s fortress defenses as three Devil Emperors approached, and Lin Dong arrived to confront them.
• The Desolate Heavenly Devil Emperor said he had come to discuss Amon and offered to stop attacks if Amon threatened Lin Dong, but Lin Dong refused to ally with the Outer Evil Clan.
• Lin Dong attacked the Devil Emperors, and Lin Yan led his troops into battle against one of the Mystic Devil Emperors.
• Amon transported Ling Qingzhu to a starry realm and appeared as an avatar, then invited her to his home; Ling Qingzhu realized he meant to use her against Lin Dong.