Chapter Summaries

Amon ambushed Ling Qingzhu in Da Yan City, but she held him off until Lin Dong arrived and drove him away. While Lin Dong searched for the missing Lin Jing, she emerged in another city and decided to flee even farther after seeing a boy punished for sneaking out.

• Amon attacked Ling Qingzhu with a hastily assembled avatar, but she defended herself until their shattered Star Domain collapsed back into Da Yan City.
• Amon vanished after warning that he would find another opportunity, and Lin Dong arrived to search the city for Lin Jing.
• Lin Dong ordered the Da Yan City Lord to check the Teleportation Arrays, then left to search while Ling Qingzhu returned to Ying Huanhuan.
• Ying Huanhuan ordered Martial Border's city lords to watch for people wearing a Monocle.
• Lin Jing arrived at another city, saw a Monocle-wearing father whip his runaway son, and asked a passerby where to find the nearest Teleportation Array so she could flee farther.

Amon asked Di Er Meng to arrange for Mu Chen to meet Lin Jing and keep Lin Dong occupied with distractions. He explained that Lin Dong had become a powerful, wary enemy who could not be killed without upsetting his larger plans, so he intended to make him suspicious and waste his time.

• Amon contacted Di Er Meng and learned that Mu Chen was traveling toward Tianluo Continent.
• Amon revealed that he had sent Devil Emperors to draw Lin Dong away so Lin Jing could meet Mu Chen.
• Amon explained that Lin Dong's resilience and established character made him difficult to control, while killing him would expose Amon's plans and disrupt the Great Thousand World's balance.
• Amon recounted how his failed attempt to kill Lin Dong created their mortal enmity and left Lin Dong wary of him.
• Amon instructed Di Er Meng to have Mu Chen take Lin Jing around and leave ambiguous traces of Amon to make Lin Dong suspicious and preoccupied.

Mu Chen discovered that his spiritual energy had gained multiple attributes and watched Nine Nether awaken from her evolution as a Fourth Grade Sovereign. After explaining his plans to seek materials for the Great Solar Undying Body, he told her he intended to join the Soul Hall on Tianluo Continent.

• Mu Chen found that fusing a Spirit Worm had given his spiritual energy powers over sealing, space, time, and the soul.
• Nine Nether emerged from her egg, learned Mu Chen had become a First Grade Sovereign, and revealed that she had reached the Fourth Grade Sovereign Realm.
• Mu Chen told Nine Nether he was searching Shang Continent for the Void Solar Fruit and the Undying Divine Leaf to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Mu Chen explained that his Great Solar Undying Body came from information recorded in a remnant page of the Ancient God Canon.
• Nine Nether invited Mu Chen to visit the Great Luo Territory, but he said he had already decided to join the Soul Hall on his teacher's recommendation.
• Nine Nether was astonished to hear that Mu Chen planned to join the Soul Hall.

Mu Chen learned why the Soul Hall was both admired for defending the Great Thousand World’s borders and disliked for its brutal methods, and decided he suited the organization. He and Nine Nether entered Shang City after hearing that a Void Solar Fruit would be auctioned, and Mu Chen chose to visit the Auction House despite having no money.

• Nine Nether told Mu Chen that Hun Tiandi and the Soul Hall were honored on the borders for resisting the Outer Evil Clan but viewed with suspicion elsewhere because Soul Hall members collected the essence blood and souls of the fallen.
• Mu Chen realized that his Blood Calamity reputation fit the Soul Hall, and Nine Nether abandoned the idea of recruiting him into the Great Luo Territory.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether reached Shang City, entered through its guarded gates, and heard that a Void Solar Fruit would appear at an upcoming auction.
• Di Er Meng advised Mu Chen to rob whoever bought the fruit, arguing that treasures remained ownerless until someone used them.
• Mu Chen asked Nine Nether to visit the Auction House, saying he wanted to broaden his horizons even though he had no money.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether became Lin Jing’s temporary attendants after she paid them with an enormous amount of Supreme Spirit Liquid. At Shang City’s auction house, Liu Ming took offense at Lin Jing’s rejection and ordered an elder to investigate them, leaving Mu Chen wary of trouble ahead.

• Lin Jing offered Mu Chen five thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to guide her, then hired him and Nine Nether to protect her for ten days after Mu Chen warned her not to flaunt her wealth.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether accompanied Lin Jing to Shang City’s divine-artifact auction house two days later.
• Liu Ming approached Lin Jing, but she rejected him and Mu Chen stepped in to keep him away.
• Liu Ming ordered Elder Mu to investigate Lin Jing and her attendants as the groups parted.
• Mu Chen admitted the job might be dangerous, while Lin Jing said she would summon Uncle Diao if the Profound Heaven Hall kept provoking her.

At the Central Auction House, Lin Jing bought Cold Jade Marrow and a Void Solar Fruit for Mu Chen before the final lot drew bids from powerful figures. The Lord of the Great Luo Territory withdrew after Liu Tiandao bid fifty million Supreme Spirit Liquid, and Mu Chen and Nine Nether realized Lin Jing might target the Profound Heaven Hall’s Hall Master because his son had antagonized them.

• Lin Dong sensed Amon’s Demonic Qi and left to bring Lin Jing back to the Martial Border.
• Lin Jing bought Cold Jade Marrow for ten thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid and later gave Mu Chen the Void Solar Fruit he needed.
• Nine Nether and Mu Chen noticed the auction’s final lots were unusually valuable before the auctioneer revealed a Core Flame of Phoenix Flame.
• The Immortal Fox Sect’s sect master and the Lord of the Great Luo Territory bid against Liu Tiandao, who won the Phoenix Flame for fifty million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Lin Jing asked whether the man bidding against the Lord of the Great Luo Territory was the father of Liu Ming, and Mu Chen and Nine Nether feared she intended to confront Liu Tiandao.

Lin Jing provoked Liu Tiandao at the auction, then left Shang City with Mu Chen and Nine Nether Bird despite the danger. As Liu Tiandao pursued them, the Immortal Fox Sect Master recognized Lin Jing as Lin Dong’s daughter and began speaking with her privately.

• Lin Jing repeatedly raised Liu Tiandao’s auction bids by small amounts, then taunted him before letting him win the item for fifty-eight million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Mu Chen told Lin Jing he would stay with her because they were friends, and Lin Jing said meeting him made her happier than angering Liu Tiandao.
• After spending more than ten days in Shang City, Lin Jing decided to leave, and Mu Chen and Nine Nether Bird went with her.
• Mandala followed the group, intending to protect Nine Nether Bird if Liu Tiandao attacked, while the Immortal Fox Sect Master contacted Lin Jing and asked whether she was Lin Dong’s daughter.
• After the three left Shang City, Liu Tiandao watched their departure and said he wanted to discover Lin Jing’s background.

Liu Tiandao confronted Lin Jing, Mu Chen, and Nine Nether, but Mandala and the Immortal Fox Sect Master intervened to protect them. After learning Lin Jing was the Martial Ancestor's daughter, Liu Tiandao still attacked, sending his spiritual energy toward Liu Ming.

• Liu Tiandao intercepted the group in the forest, and Lin Jing provoked him over the eight million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Liu Tiandao erupted in anger, but Mandala arrived and tried to take Nine Nether and Mu Chen away from the confrontation.
• Nine Nether and Mu Chen refused to abandon their friends, prompting Mandala to offer Liu Tiandao a price to protect them.
• The Immortal Fox Sect Master appeared to shield Lin Jing and revealed that she was the Martial Ancestor's daughter.
• Liu Tiandao stayed enraged and unleashed a stream of spiritual energy toward Liu Ming.

Liu Tiandao apologized for Liu Ming’s offense, but Lin Dong arrived and confronted Di Er Meng, whom he identified as a member of the Amon Clan. Their clash split the Shang Continent, and Di Er Meng disappeared with Lin Dong, leaving Mu Chen grieving and furious.

• Liu Tiandao broke Liu Ming’s leg, forced him to apologize to Lin Jing, and agreed to confine him for a year.
• Lin Dong appeared, warned Lin Jing about the danger of her travels, and identified Mu Chen as connected to his hidden enemy, Amon.
• Di Er Meng emerged from Mu Chen, moved him and Nine Nether away, and explained that the conflict was between the Amon Clan and Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong and Di Er Meng exchanged attacks, shattering the sky and splitting the Shang Continent before vanishing into the void.
• Di Er Meng told Mu Chen she could no longer keep their contract, and Mu Chen blamed Lin Dong while Nine Nether sealed his mouth.

Lin Dong returned from the void without Lin Jing’s friend, then warned Mu Chen that the Amon Clan’s leader controlled the clan and that the clan brought only tragedy. Di Er Meng survived and reunited with Mu Chen, while a hidden Amon watched as his plan to draw Mu Chen into the clan’s affairs advanced.

• Mu Chen waited for Lin Dong to emerge from the void, but Di Er Meng was nowhere to be seen, and his grief turned to hatred.
• Lin Dong left with Lin Jing after warning Mu Chen to grow stronger, identify his true enemy, and avoid deep ties with the Amon Clan.
• Di Er Meng contacted Mu Chen from within his Supreme Sea and revealed that she had survived, though she was gravely injured.
• Mu Chen offered Di Er Meng the entire Evil King True Eye if it would keep her alive and by his side, and she teased him before admitting it might be enough to trade for her.
• Mu Chen asked Di Er Meng about the Amon Clan’s leader and his control over the clan, but she stayed silent.
• A hidden young man wearing a Monocle watched them and considered how Lin Dong’s role had helped move Amon’s plan forward.

Mu Chen learned that the Amon Clan’s leader controlled every clansman and could kill or possess them at will, leaving Di Er Meng unable to flee or resist. When Di Er Meng suggested they part ways, Mu Chen realized the Evil King True Eye might offer a way out, and she confirmed it was the key to breaking the deadlock.

• Mu Chen asked Di Er Meng to tell him about her clan leader and the burden she carried.
• Di Er Meng explained that the Spirit Worm Clan functioned like an ant colony, with its leader commanding and sacrificing clansmen for the clan’s survival.
• Di Er Meng revealed that the leader could locate, kill, or possess any clansman, making escape and resistance impossible.
• Di Er Meng recounted how the leader possessed a clansman and forced him to attack the Martial Ancestor, even though the clansman resisted.
• Di Er Meng suggested she and Mu Chen part ways to protect him, but Mu Chen identified the Evil King True Eye as a possible solution.
• Di Er Meng confirmed that the Evil King True Eye was the key to breaking the deadlock.

Mu Chen learned that Di Er Meng’s survival depended on his potential to obtain the Evil King True Eye, then set out for the Soul Hall after parting from Nine Nether. He reached the Soul Hall’s remote, gloomy compound, where a chilling presence met him.

• Di Er Meng explained that Mu Chen could trade the Evil King True Eye to Amon to free her, and suggested the Flame Emperor might know another way to change Amon Clan leadership.
• Di Er Meng fell asleep, while Amon’s hidden preparations revealed that she was a replaceable clone whose memories were continuously backed up.
• Mu Chen thanked Mandala Flower, noticed her fear of Amon, and agreed to meet Nine Nether again after she returned to the Nine Nether Palace.
• Mu Chen traveled through Shang City to Tianluo Continent and followed a map toward the Soul Hall, learning about its Hall Master Hun Tiandi and branch guardian Hun Xuzi.
• Mu Chen found the Soul Hall in a mountain basin, where black buildings, chains, and the wails of souls greeted him.

Mu Chen arrived at the Soul Hall to visit Hun Xuzi and met Hun Mei'er, whose seductive mental influence nearly overwhelmed him before he resisted it. As he waited outside the hall, Hun Yufeng, Hun Jin, and Hun Husheng arrived, and Hun Mei'er and Hun Husheng immediately began trading insults.

• Mu Chen told the black-mist guard that Hun Xiao had sent him to visit Hun Xuzi, and the guard prepared to escort him inside.
• Hun Mei'er approached Mu Chen and used her allure to influence his feelings, but he cleared his mind by thinking of Luo Li and learned her name.
• Hun Mei'er led Mu Chen to the hall where Hun Xuzi was refining medicine and offered to show him around while they waited.
• Hun Yufeng, Hun Jin, and Hun Husheng arrived, and Hun Mei'er and Hun Husheng exchanged sharp insults as Mu Chen moved closer to Hun Yufeng and Hun Jin.

Mu Chen arrived at Soul Hall and was assigned to serve under Ninth Celestial Worthy. He met her at a remote Cold Pool, where she mistook him for someone who raised bugs.

• Hun Xuzi welcomed Hun Yufeng and Mu Chen, read Hun Xiao’s letter, and assigned the group to serve as Protectors according to Soul Hall’s rules.
• Hun Xuzi arranged for Hun Yufeng, Hun Jin, and Hun Husheng to serve under Bone Honored Elder, and sent Mu Chen to Ninth Celestial Worthy.
• Hun Mei'er led Mu Chen through a forest to a Cold Pool where Ninth Celestial Worthy had been cultivating.
• A Frost Heaven Python emerged from the pool, and Mu Chen mistakenly saluted it as Ninth Celestial Worthy.
• A petite woman in green appeared from the python’s mane, and after Mu Chen explained his assignment, she guessed that he raised bugs.

Xiao Qing explained the Soul Hall’s permissive rules and gave Mu Chen his Protector equipment, prompting him to consider working with other factions while collecting souls. After Hun Xuzi confirmed that such cooperation was allowed, Mu Chen encountered Liu Tiandao, who feared their past conflict might disrupt his request for pills.

• Xiao Qing introduced the Soul Hall’s ranks, Contribution Points, soul-collecting work, and equipment, and told Mu Chen that even massacres were permitted.
• Mu Chen questioned the Soul Hall’s brutality, learned Xiao Qing’s name, and considered helping Nine Nether in the Great Luo Territory while collecting souls.
• Hun Xuzi confirmed that Soul Hall Protectors could support factions and stir up conflicts, then offered to help Mu Chen if he ran into difficulties.
• A Protector brought Liu Tiandao to meet Hun Xuzi, and Liu Tiandao recognized Mu Chen and worried that their past clash could complicate his request for pill-refining.

Mu Chen accepted Liu Tiandao’s apology after Liu Tiandao offered Phoenix Flame to Hun Xuzi and requested a Supreme Sovereign Pill. Liu Ming delivered an Undying Divine Leaf as an apology gift, giving Mu Chen the final divine object he needed to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body.

• Liu Tiandao gave Hun Xuzi Phoenix Flame in exchange for having him refine a Supreme Sovereign Pill, and Hun Xuzi agreed to make up to three attempts.
• Mu Chen learned that Hun Yufeng had left Earth Soul City, then encountered Liu Tiandao and Liu Ming the next morning.
• Liu Tiandao made Liu Ming apologize, and Mu Chen accepted Liu Ming’s apology gift and settled their dispute.
• Mu Chen opened the gift and discovered it contained the Undying Divine Leaf, the last divine object he needed for cultivating the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Mu Chen realized Liu Tiandao had quickly investigated his search for the leaf and gained a deeper respect for Profound Heaven Hall’s influence.

Mu Chen successfully cultivated the Great Solar Undying Body after tempering and rebuilding his Celestial Body with three rare materials. After he left seclusion, Hun Mei'er told him that Luo Li was fine, but the injured Big Black Bird had lost several cities in the Great Luo Territory.

• Mu Chen prepared for his one-time attempt to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body, and Di Er Meng assured him that the disturbances in his Supreme Sea would not harm her.
• Mu Chen used the Nine Sun Ganoderma and tens of thousands of drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to temper his Celestial Body into a golden Nine Sun Body.
• Mu Chen's Celestial Body shattered under the Void Solar Fruit's power, then the Undying Divine Leaf restored it so he could recondense it as the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Hun Xuzi and Liu Tiandao sensed the powerful fluctuations from Mu Chen's cultivation, while a green-clad girl detected the scent of a bug near the Soul Hall.
• Hun Mei'er met Mu Chen after his seclusion and told him that Luo Li was safe, but the Big Black Bird had been injured in a conflict and lost several cities in the Great Luo Territory.

Mu Chen arrived at Great Luo Heaven after hearing that Nine Nether was injured and her palace was losing territory to the Blood Eagle Hall. He joined the Nine Nether Palace as its commander and promised to take charge of the war.

• Nine Nether learned that her forces had lost four cities to the Blood Eagle Hall after her battle with the Blood Eagle King, and she concealed the blood she coughed up.
• A messenger reported that a black-robed visitor from the Northern Spirit Realm had come to see Nine Nether, and she hurried to meet Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen saw Nine Nether's frail condition and learned from Tang Bing that Cao Feng had betrayed the Nine Nether Palace.
• Mu Chen offered to fight the Blood Eagle Hall as Nine Nether's subordinate, explaining that the Soul Hall allowed its members to work for other factions.
• Nine Nether trusted Mu Chen and appointed him commander of the Nine Nether Palace.

After Mu Chen became commander of the Nine Nether Guard, he led the response to Cao Feng’s attack on Feng City and used Time Zero to kill Cao Feng and his deputy. The Blood Eagle King confronted Mu Chen at the city wall, where Mu Chen openly identified himself as a member of the Soul Hall.

• Mu Chen learned that Cao Feng, a former Nine Nether Palace subordinate, was leading the Blood Eagle Guard against Feng City, and he agreed to stop him.
• Qiu Shan and two other injured experts asked Mu Chen to prove himself by winning the battle against Cao Feng.
• Cao Feng demanded that Feng City surrender, but Mu Chen ordered Tang Bing to lower the City Protection Array and faced him alone.
• Mu Chen used Time Zero to behead Cao Feng and his deputy, collected their Spiritual Souls, and retreated to the city wall.
• The Blood Eagle King arrived too late to stop Mu Chen and questioned Nine Nether about the new commander.
• Mu Chen admitted that he was from the Soul Hall and asked the Blood Eagle King what he wanted.

Mu Chen helped Nine Nether defeat the Blood Eagle Palace’s forces, killing Cao Feng and prompting the Blood Eagle King to demand an Assembly of Kings. At Great Luo Peak, Nine Nether faced widespread doubts about involving a Soul Hall Protector, while Mu Chen remained confident that Mandala would protect him.

• Mu Chen refused to return the soul essences he had taken, and the Blood Eagle King withdrew after warning that he would bring the dispute before the Assembly of Kings.
• Nine Nether worried that the other kings would condemn her, but Mu Chen reminded her that Mandala would not let him be killed in Great Luo Heaven.
• The Three Emperors and the Territory Lord’s Assembly of Kings convened early at Great Luo Peak to discuss Nine Nether’s use of a Soul Hall Protector against the Blood Eagle Palace.
• Mu Chen recognized Wu Tian among the Blood Eagle King’s group, and Nine Nether and the Blood Eagle King confronted each other as tension rose.