Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen awakened the memories of his past life, gained a check-in system and the Chaos Divine Mill Contemplation Method, then earned the Mirror of Judgment’s recognition. After receiving Dean Xiao’s warning, he entered the Spirit Road through the Starry Sky Gate.

• Mu Chen’s past-life memories awakened, and the Check-in System loaded.
• Mu Chen checked in at the Northern Spiritual Academy and received the Chaos Divine Mill Contemplation Method.
• The Mirror of Judgment began selecting candidates, and Mu Chen’s starlight blazed brighter than the others as he was granted entry to the Spirit Road.
• Dean Xiao warned Mu Chen to prioritize survival and assured him the academy and Mu Domain would support him.
• Mu Chen said goodbye to Dean Xiao, Master Mo, and his classmates, then stepped through the Starry Sky Gate.

Mu Chen entered the Spirit Road, gained the Innate Chaos Saint Body Dao Embryo, and encountered Wu Yingying near a stream. After a Blood Pig Tiger attacked, Mu Chen wounded it and stopped its counterattack with one hand, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mu Chen arrived in the Spirit Road, where spiritual energy was sealed, and received a blood-red identity token.
• Mu Chen checked in and obtained the Innate Chaos Saint Body Dao Embryo, which greatly strengthened his body and let him sense he could resist the Road’s suppression.
• Mu Chen heard Wu Yingying bathing at a nearby stream but chose not to approach her.
• A Blood Pig Tiger charged at Mu Chen, who dodged it and cut its throat with a dagger.
• The wounded Blood Pig Tiger attacked again, and Mu Chen pressed down on its head with his left hand.

Mu Chen killed a berserk Blood Pig Tiger with one hand, awakened his first-level spirit body, and met Wu Yingying on the Spirit Road. After he dismissed her as too weak to fight, she followed him, and their argument ended with Mu Chen asking whether she was provoking him because she assumed he would go easy on a pretty girl.

• Mu Chen pinned down and killed the berserk Blood Pig Tiger, then absorbed its soul essence and awakened his first-level spirit body.
• Wu Yingying introduced herself to Mu Chen and asked whether he had already reached the second-level spirit body.
• Mu Chen said he had extraordinary natural strength, told Wu Yingying he would spare her because she was pretty, and walked away.
• Wu Yingying angrily chased after Mu Chen and challenged his condescending attitude.
• Mu Chen teased Wu Yingying for following him, and she struggled to explain why she was interested in his strength.
• Mu Chen asked whether Wu Yingying provoked him because she thought he would go easy on a pretty girl.

Mu Chen traveled through the forest, slaughtered a troop of Iron-Armed Apes, and collected their Soul Essences before continuing toward the Guardian Land. Near a walled town, he encountered a beautiful silver-haired girl and wondered if she was Luo Li.

• Mu Chen left the forest where Wu Yingying had fled and spent a month traveling through the ancient trees.
• Mu Chen killed the Iron-Armed Ape King and its troop, then collected their Soul Essences and felt his physical strength increase slightly.
• Mu Chen decided the Spirit Beasts were too weak and continued toward the Guardian Land to try the Chaos Divine Mill Contemplation Method.
• Half a month later, Mu Chen reached the outskirts of a heavily fortified town and noticed a silver-haired girl approaching with a sword.
• The girl met Mu Chen's gaze, and he wondered if she was Luo Li.

Mu Chen tempered his soul with the Chaos Divine Mill Contemplation Method while completing missions, eventually advancing to a fourth-grade spirit body. When the instructors announced a deadly trial to determine who could enter the Final Spirit Road, Mu Chen asked Luo Li to team up, but she refused because she did not want to be distracted by repaying him.

• Mu Chen entered the divine mill and endured its grinding, repeatedly rebuilding his shattered soul with the origin light of the saint body dao embryo.
• Mu Chen spent his days killing Spirit Beasts and collecting spiritual herbs, expanding his perception and body control as he advanced to a fourth-grade spirit body.
• After Mu Chen killed a Shadow-Spewing Lizard, a seven-colored firework summoned the candidates to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Three instructors announced that a half-month trial would begin in three days, with only the top thirty admitted to the Final Spirit Road and points awarded for killing Spirit Beasts, finding herbs, and seizing tokens.
• Mu Chen approached Luo Li in the crowded square and offered to help her grow stronger if they worked together.
• Luo Li acknowledged Mu Chen's strength but refused, saying that accepting his help would make her think about repaying him.

Mu Chen entered the Spirit Road Trial, swiftly defeated other participants, and gathered their tokens and soul essence. After seven days of dominating the trial grounds, he found Luo Li surrounded by four opponents and intervened to save her.

• Mu Chen accepted Luo Li’s refusal and joined the youths as they teleported into the trial grounds.
• Mu Chen knocked out three participants who tried to attack him and took their tokens without killing them.
• Over the next seven days, Mu Chen defeated spirit beasts and participants, collecting tokens and soul essence while remaining at the peak of a level-four spirit body.
• Mu Chen found Luo Li facing four opponents over a Crimson Lian Fruit, and she fought them off until their leader created an opening.
• Mu Chen struck all four opponents down and stood beside Luo Li.

Mu Chen dominated the trial, taking the blood-red tokens from nearly every participant while sparing Luo Li and giving her two tokens. When the trial ended, Mu Chen ranked first and Luo Li second, leaving only the two of them to advance to the Final Spirit Road.

• Mu Chen defeated four opponents who had attacked Luo Li, then gave her two of their tokens and left to find more participants.
• During the remaining trial, Mu Chen knocked out the participants he encountered and took their tokens, while Luo Li continued separately.
• On the fifteenth day, the instructor announced the trial's end and summoned everyone to the Central Reception Platform.
• When the instructor asked the participants to show their tokens, Mu Chen revealed that he had taken everyone else's, and only he and Luo Li had tokens.
• The instructor recorded Mu Chen's 2,782 points and Luo Li's 24 points, declaring Mu Chen the champion and eliminating everyone else.

Mu Chen entered the Final Spirit Road and hunted Spirit Beasts to strengthen his spirit body, eventually reaching the fifth grade. After finding a Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast, an Earth Ranking Spirit Beast, he launched himself toward it to begin the battle.

• Mu Chen entered the Final Spirit Road and surveyed its wilderness, eager to hunt powerful Spirit Beasts.
• He killed numerous Spirit Beasts and absorbed their soul essences, advancing his spirit body to the fifth grade.
• Mu Chen grew dissatisfied when even the strongest beasts he found fell short of the Earth Ranking.
• He sensed a powerful aura in a mist-covered mountain range and climbed to its summit to search for its source.
• Mu Chen found a Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast at the northern foothills and dove toward it, excited to face an Earth Ranking Spirit Beast.

Mu Chen fought the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast at the foot of the mountain and gradually awakened his strength and fist intent. He killed the Earth Ranking spirit beast with a punch through its skull.

• The Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast attacked Mu Chen, but his first punch injured its foreclaw and knocked it off balance.
• Mu Chen dodged the beast’s spiked tail and struck its flank and hind-leg joint, weakening its balance.
• Mu Chen kicked the beast’s jaw and interrupted its attempt to unleash golden breath.
• Mu Chen overwhelmed the fallen beast with a barrage of blows as his control and fist intent grew stronger.
• Mu Chen punched through the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast’s skull and killed it.

Mu Chen advanced to a level seven spirit body while hunting beasts and collecting tokens on the Final Spirit Road. He followed a poisoned person's blood trail and found Luo Li surrounded by six boys, then offered to join forces with her.

• Mu Chen absorbed the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast's soul essence, broke through to a level six spirit body, and killed its cub.
• Over the next half year, Mu Chen hunted Earth Ranking spirit beasts and other trial participants, eventually advancing to a level seven spirit body.
• Mu Chen followed a fresh blood trail through the mountains and found a boy's corpse along the way.
• Mu Chen discovered Luo Li, poisoned and wounded, cornered on a ledge by six boys who demanded her token and Luo God Sword.
• Mu Chen stepped between Luo Li and her attackers, offered to work together, and Luo Li agreed.

Mu Chen killed Luo Li’s six attackers and brought her to a cave, where he treated her poisoned wounds. Luo Li absorbed soul essence from the attackers’ tokens to help clear the remaining poison and recover.

• The six attackers charged Mu Chen, but he shattered their Spirit Artifacts and killed them with the fragments.
• Mu Chen supported the injured Luo Li into a nearby cave and examined her wounds, finding that the poison posed the greatest danger.
• Mu Chen proposed sucking the poison from Luo Li’s wounds, and she agreed.
• Mu Chen drew poisoned blood from Luo Li’s wounds and covered her with clothes afterward.
• Mu Chen gave Luo Li the attackers’ tokens, and she absorbed their soul essence to strengthen her body and reduce the poison’s effects.

Mu Chen asked the recovering Luo Li to be his friend for life, and she accepted, promising to stay by his side throughout the Spirit Road. After three days in the cavern, Luo Li recovered, and the two continued deeper into the Spirit Road together.

• Mu Chen told Luo Li that he wanted a friend for life and explained why he believed companionship mattered.
• Mu Chen held out his hand, and Luo Li accepted his offer, promising to remain with him on the Spirit Road.
• Mu Chen asked Luo Li to smile, and she gave him her first smile.
• Luo Li recovered from her injuries in three days with Mu Chen's care and Soul Essence.
• Mu Chen and Luo Li traveled deeper into the Spirit Road, growing closer through battles and conversations.

Mu Chen and Luo Li crossed the Black Demon Forest and encountered a group of twenty-three contenders led by Ji Xuan. Mu Chen demanded their tokens and demonstrated his strength, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Mu Chen and Luo Li fought their way through the Black Demon Forest, and Luo Li reached a fifth-grade spirit body.
• Mu Chen sensed twenty-three contenders gathered in a valley and identified one fourth-grade and four third-grade spirit bodies among them.
• Ji Xuan approached Mu Chen and Luo Li, introduced himself, and showed interest in Luo Li.
• Mu Chen introduced himself and demanded that Ji Xuan's group hand over their tokens.
• When a burly youth challenged Mu Chen, Mu Chen struck his knee with a pebble and knocked him down.
• Mu Chen demanded the tokens again while Ji Xuan's group reacted with alarm.

Mu Chen and Luo Li defeated Ji Xuan and his allies in the Black Demon Forest, then reached the Final Gate at the end of the Spirit Road. The gate opened as one hundred trial participants gathered beneath it.

• Ji Xuan led an attack on Mu Chen, while Luo Li held back the other boys with her sword.
• Mu Chen defeated Ji Xuan with one palm and killed him, then collected the tokens surrendered by the surviving boys.
• Mu Chen and Luo Li left the devastated valley and traveled to the Final Gate.
• Mu Chen recognized Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and Wu Yingying among the participants gathered beneath the gate.
• The number of participants reached one hundred, the platform's spirit marks lit up, and the Final Gate opened with a cascade of starlight.

The final trial began in the War Realm, where Mu Chen discovered the Seal Page and learned that only the twenty participants with the most spiritual light would become kings. He swiftly defeated Wu Ling and then selected Wen Qingxuan as his next opponent.

• The Seal Page entered Mu Chen's body as the final gate opened, revealing part of the cultivation method for the Eternal Undying Body.
• The trial participants were transported to the War Realm, where the five academy deans explained the three-day battle for supremacy.
• Mu Chen and Luo Li exchanged a smile across their separate platforms before Mu Chen challenged Wu Ling.
• Mu Chen subdued Wu Ling with a hand on his shoulder, and Wu Ling conceded almost instantly.
• As his platform returned to its place, Mu Chen selected Wen Qingxuan's platform as his next challenge.

Mu Chen dominated the War Realm contest, took first place by a vast margin, and claimed the Spirit Crown without opposition. The Sacred Spirit Academy headmaster then began the Spirit Road Empowerment, telling the finalists to use their Blood Tokens to draw in spiritual energy.

• Mu Chen defeated Wen Qingxuan with a single strike, then continued challenging opponents across the War Realm while sparing Luo Li.
• At the end of the three-day contest, Mu Chen ranked first, followed by Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, and Wu Ling.
• The Sacred Spirit Academy headmaster summoned the top twenty contestants to the final platform and announced the Battle of the Kings for the Spirit Crown.
• Mu Chen walked past the other finalists and took the Spirit Crown without anyone daring to stop him.
• The headmaster summoned the Five Great Academies' spiritual energy for Spirit Road Empowerment and instructed the finalists to draw it in with their Blood Tokens.

Mu Chen absorbed an immense infusion of spiritual energy, reached peak heaven fusion realm, and awakened the innate divine ability Chaos Dao Diagram. After the other trial participants departed, he found Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan still in the War Realm and asked Luo Li which academy she had joined.

• The Blood Tokens drew spiritual energy into the trial participants, with Mu Chen receiving a torrent far greater than anyone else's.
• Mu Chen's innate chaos saint body dao embryo absorbed the torrent and carried his cultivation from sensing realm through to heaven fusion realm.
• At the heaven fusion breakthrough, Mu Chen awakened the Chaos Dao Diagram, an innate divine ability that could evolve arts and fuse Daos.
• Mu Chen's infusion ended with his cultivation at peak heaven fusion realm, one step from heaven transformation realm.
• Mu Chen discovered that Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan were the only trial participants still in the War Realm, then took Luo Li's hand and asked which academy she had joined.

After winning the Spirit Road Trial, Mu Chen chose the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy so he could cultivate alongside Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan chose it to challenge him again. The three prepared to leave the Spirit Road, with Mu Chen and Luo Li ending the chapter close in each other’s arms.

• Mu Chen asked Luo Li which academy she had chosen, and she said she would go wherever he went; they agreed on the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• The Five Deans arrived, and the Dean of Sacred Spirit Academy offered Mu Chen his choice of any academy except the Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy.
• Mu Chen chose the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy to cultivate alongside Luo Li, angering the Dean of Sacred Spirit Academy, who departed in a huff.
• Wen Qingxuan announced that she would also enter the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy so she could compete against Mu Chen again.
• Wen Qingxuan returned through the Mirror of Judgment, and Mu Chen and Luo Li teased each other before embracing quietly.

Mu Chen returned from the Spirit Road to the Northern Spiritual Academy, where Academy Head Xiao and Master Mo learned of his victory and remarkable cultivation. After hearing that the Liu Domain had been threatening the Mu Domain, Mu Chen left to return to his father.

• Mu Chen appeared in the Northern Spiritual Academy after returning from the Spirit Road, and Master Mo brought him to see Academy Head Xiao.
• Academy Head Xiao realized Mu Chen’s cultivation had surpassed the Divine Soul Realm and reached the Heaven Fusion Realm.
• Mu Chen recounted how he won the Spirit Crown and outshone the other Spirit Road prodigies, filling Academy Head Xiao and Master Mo with pride.
• Academy Head Xiao congratulated Mu Chen and advised him to prepare for the competition at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Academy Head Xiao told Mu Chen that the Liu Domain had been making moves against the Mu Domain, so Mu Chen left to return home.

Mu Chen returned to Mu City and urged Mu Feng to unite the Nine Domains before he departed for the Five Great Academies. At the Nine Domains Assembly, Mu Chen’s overwhelming strength secured unanimous support for Mu Feng’s proposal to establish the Northern Spiritual Alliance, while the Liu Domain remained absent.

• Mu Chen returned from the Spirit Road and reunited with his father, Mu Feng, in Mu City.
• Mu Chen told Mu Feng to convene the Nine Domains Assembly and unify the Northern Spiritual Realm before he left for the Five Great Academies.
• At Nine Regions City, Mu Chen noted that the Liu Domain had failed to arrive and unleashed his aura, overwhelming the assembled Domain Lords except Tang Shan.
• Mu Feng proposed creating the Northern Spiritual Alliance to unite the domains, coordinate their strength, and resist outside threats.
• Tang Shan, Lie Yan, and the other Domain Lords unanimously supported Mu Feng’s proposal.