Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen protected Nine Nether, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling as they crossed the Void Space, then used the guixu dao flame to erase the meteorite belt outside the Divine Beast Origin. He drew in tens of millions of lumps of blood spirit mud, including over a thousand powerful blood spirit mud embryos.

• Mu Chen shielded Nine Nether, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling from the Void Space’s disintegrating darkness with his chaos spiritual energy.
• Mu Chen carried the three across the Void Space at tremendous speed and stopped at the meteorite belt outside the Divine Beast Origin.
• Mu Chen unleashed the guixu dao flame and burned away the meteorite belt while carefully preserving what lay beyond it.
• Mu Chen attracted tens of millions of lumps of blood spirit mud from the void.
• Nine Nether identified over a thousand especially powerful specimens at the front of the torrent as blood spirit mud embryos.

Mu Chen entered the Divine Beast Origin with Nine Nether, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling, claimed a check-in reward, and secured a hidden place for the group to grow stronger. The group began refining Blood Spirit Mud Embryos before heading for the Ancient Body Refining Tower.

• Mu Chen gave Blood Spirit Mud Embryos to Mo Feng, Mo Ling, and Nine Nether, then stored the remaining hoard in the One-Qi Chaos Tower.
• Mu Chen took Nine Nether, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling to the Divine Beast Origin and landed on its devastated ancient continent.
• Mu Chen checked in at the Divine Beast Origin and received the Myriad Spirits Indestructible Body Scripture.
• Mu Chen found no other teams nearby, and Nine Nether proposed refining the embryos before visiting the Ancient Body Refining Tower.
• Mu Chen formed a Grandmaster Spirit Formation around a hollow, and the four of them began refining their Blood Spirit Mud Embryos.

Mu Chen used the One-Qi Chaos Tower, the Chaos Dao Diagram, the Guixu Dao Flame, and his Double Pupils to refine vast stores of Blood Spirit Mud and Blood Spirit Mud Embryos while cultivating the Myriad Spirits Indestructible Body Scripture. His cultivation surged to Ninth Grade Sovereign, then fell as he repeatedly tempered his foundation, and the chapter ended with his ninth refinement complete.

• Mu Chen refined the vital blood essence from tens of millions of portions of Blood Spirit Mud and nearly a thousand Blood Spirit Mud Embryos through four methods.
• Mu Chen cultivated the Myriad Spirits Indestructible Body Scripture, strengthening his body and advancing his Divine Firmament Calamity-Averting Thunder Body.
• Mu Chen's cultivation surged from Peak Seventh Grade Supreme to Ninth Grade Sovereign, shocking Mo Ling, Mo Feng, and Nine Nether.
• Mu Chen's cultivation then plunged to First Grade Supreme, and Nine Nether explained that he was tempering his foundation rather than suffering cultivation deviation.
• Mu Chen continued refining his foundation as the blood-red torrent nourished his transformation, completing his ninth refinement.

Mu Chen led Nine Nether and the Mo siblings into the Divine Tomb Garden, a burial ground where supreme divine beasts had fallen in ancient battles. After forcing open its skeletal barrier, he identified the ancient altar at its center as the place where Nine Nether could find the undying bird divine blood.

• Mu Chen completed his breakthrough to a nine-refinement Second Grade Supreme and advanced the Myriad Spirits Indestructible Body Scripture to minor accomplishment.
• Mu Chen led Nine Nether and the Mo siblings toward the Divine Tomb Garden after they left the Ancient Body Refining Tower.
• The group reached the blood-red burial ground, where lingering wills and deathly energy filled the land and sky.
• Mu Chen tore open the barrier made from the remains of supreme divine beasts and led the others inside.
• Mu Chen pointed to the ancient altar at the center of the Divine Tomb Garden and told Nine Nether that the undying bird divine blood should be there.

Nine Nether climbed the altar to face the Primordial Undying Bird statue and endured its undying flame as it tempered her bloodline. She passed the trial and received the Undying Bird's inheritance essence blood.

• Nine Nether recognized the three statues as the Divine Beast Origin's ancient Beast Sovereigns, and Mu Chen urged her to claim the Undying Bird's inheritance.
• Nine Nether climbed the ten thousand steps to the Primordial Undying Bird statue as its pressure tested her resolve.
• The statue opened its eyes and sent undying flame into Nine Nether, painfully tempering her bloodline and transforming her fire.
• Mu Chen discovered that he could conjure undying flame at his fingertip while observing Nine Nether's trial.
• Nine Nether passed the trial, and the statue released the Undying Bird's crimson inheritance essence blood.

Mu Chen collected the legacy essence blood of the Ancient Desolate Beast and the Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird, then destroyed the monstrous evil formed from the sealed Outer Realm Evil Clan with the One-Qi Chaos Tower. After the battle, spiritual projections of the Three Beast Sovereigns appeared beside their statues.

• Mu Chen passed the trials of the Ancient Desolate Beast and the Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird and collected their legacy essence blood.
• As the three statues faded, a vast demonic face emerged from the earth and attacked Mu Chen and his companions with evil black smoke.
• Mu Chen summoned the One-Qi Chaos Tower and used its chaotic beam to purify the demonic face and its black smoke.
• The spiritual projections of the Primordial Undying Bird, the Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird, and the Ancient Desolate Beast appeared before their statues.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether were recognized by the three Beast Sovereigns after Mu Chen purified the demonic face. The Beast Sovereigns transported them to share the Divine Beast Origin’s greatest legacy, while Mo Feng and Mo Ling stayed behind to seek other opportunities.

• The three Beast Sovereigns’ spiritual projections appeared and were astonished that Mu Chen had destroyed the demonic face.
• Mu Chen introduced himself and bluntly asked the Beast Sovereigns for a reward for resolving the threat.
• The Beast Sovereigns agreed to give Mu Chen the Divine Beast Origin’s greatest legacy and transported him toward its hidden location.
• Mu Chen asked for Nine Nether to accompany him, and the Undying Bird Beast Sovereign agreed after recognizing her lineage.
• The Beast Sovereigns’ projections took Mu Chen and Nine Nether away in a pillar of light, while Mo Feng and Mo Ling decided to search for other opportunities.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether discovered the Divine Sea, an ocean of supreme divine beast essence blood, and learned how the Beast Sovereigns had used it to defeat five Demon Emperors. The Beast Sovereigns gave them time to cultivate in the altered space and a jade token for one future return before their final spiritual phantoms disappeared.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether entered the Divine Sea and saw its ancient divine beast essence blood and phantoms.
• The Undying Bird Beast Sovereign explained that fallen divine beasts’ essence blood had been used by the Outer Realm Evil Clan, but the three Beast Sovereigns turned the plot against five Demon Emperors and sealed them.
• Mu Chen recognized that the Divine Sea’s greatest gift was its altered flow of time, where two and a half years passed for every half-year outside.
• The Undying Bird Beast Sovereign warned Mu Chen and Nine Nether to cultivate gradually because the sea’s violent essence and lingering wills could damage them.
• The three Beast Sovereigns made a jade token that could bring Mu Chen and Nine Nether back once, then prepared to vanish as their final spiritual phantoms.
• Mu Chen thanked the three Beast Sovereigns and pledged to honor the opportunity and their resolve to protect the world.

Mu Chen absorbed the Divine Sea’s essence blood, reached the peak of Ninth Grade Sovereign, and broke through to Earthly Sovereign. He summoned the Primordial Undying Body to face the Supreme Spiritual Tribulation, which struck him and his Dharma Body without harming them.

• Nine Nether began refining the Undying Bird essence blood in seclusion while Mu Chen descended to the bottom of the Divine Sea.
• Mu Chen absorbed vast amounts of essence blood and advanced to the peak of Ninth Grade Sovereign.
• Mu Chen shattered his Supreme Sea and transformed its spiritual energy throughout his body, completing a major breakthrough in the Myriad Spirits Indestructible Body Scripture.
• The Supreme Spiritual Tribulation gathered above Mu Chen as he summoned the Primordial Undying Body.
• The tribulation struck Mu Chen and his Dharma Body, branding them with tribulation patterns while leaving them unharmed.

Mu Chen watched Nine Nether complete her evolution and the True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits become living Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns. In Hundred Spirits City, Tang Qian'er was longing to see Mu Chen when he appeared before her and confirmed that he was real.

• Nine Nether survived her heavenly tribulation and evolved into a new branch of the Undying Bird lineage.
• The True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits became living divine beasts, endured their tribulations, and rose to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Tang Qian'er visited Hundred Spirits City with her father, Tang Shan, and Uncle Mu during the King-Worship Festival.
• Tang Qian'er thought of Mu Chen and wished he could be there, then turned to find him approaching her.
• Mu Chen cupped Tang Qian'er's face and told her that she did not need to doubt her eyes because it was him.

Mu Chen and Mu Feng arrived above Futu City with a Saint Grade True Dragon and True Phoenix, overwhelming the Buddha Ancient Clan’s ancestral city with their pressure. Mu Chen announced that he had come to visit the Buddha Ancient Clan, leaving the city stunned and silent.

• The Buddha Ancient Clan’s elders received subordinate powers in Futu City until a phoenix cry and dragon roar shook the city.
• The intertwined Saint Grade pressures forced countless cultivators to their knees and alarmed the Buddha Ancient Clan’s elders.
• A massive True Dragon and divine phoenix appeared above Futu City, intensifying the clan’s tension.
• Mu Chen appeared atop the True Dragon and introduced himself as Qing Yanjing’s son, arriving with Mu Feng to visit the Buddha Ancient Clan.

Mu Chen and Mu Feng forced their way into the Futuo Realm to bring Qing Yanjing home, confronting the Buddha Ancient Clan and its Grand Elder, Futuo Xuan. When Futuo Xuan unleashed the Clan Protection Array against them, Mu Chen ordered the True Dragon to break it, and the dragon shattered the array with one claw.

• Mu Feng watched Mu Chen arrive at Futu City with a True Dragon and a True Phoenix, and his pride and joy overcame years of bitterness.
• Mu Chen sent the True Dragon through the Futuo Realm's spatial passage, tearing open the clan's barrier and triggering its ancient alarm bell.
• Mu Chen told the Buddha Ancient Clan he had come with Mu Feng to take Qing Yanjing home, and declared he would trample anyone who stood in his way.
• Futuo Xuan confronted Mu Chen and activated the Buddha Ancient Clan's Clan Protection Array, directing its destructive power at Mu Chen and the True Dragon.
• Mu Chen ordered the True Dragon to break the attack, and its True Dragon Claw shattered both the descending pillar and the entire Clan Protection Array.

Mu Chen broke the Buddha Ancient Clan’s defenses and froze the entire Futuo Realm with his Dao Pagoda. He and Mu Feng reached Qing Yanjing, who recognized them as they appeared in her sealed space.

• Mu Chen’s True Dragon shattered the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Clan Protection Array with one claw, shocking Futuo Xuan and the clan’s experts.
• Futuo Xuan summoned the Futu Ancestral Pagoda and used its sealing power to try to suppress Mu Chen, Mu Feng, the True Dragon, and the True Phoenix.
• Mu Chen summoned a three-foot Dao Pagoda that froze the entire Futuo Realm, including Futuo Xuan and the Futu Ancestral Pagoda.
• Mu Chen told Mu Feng they would go see Qing Yanjing, and the True Dragon and True Phoenix carried them through the frozen realm to the Ancestral Pagoda’s space.
• Mu Chen and Mu Feng appeared before Qing Yanjing, who froze in shock and addressed them as Chen'er and Brother Feng.

Mu Chen reunited Qing Yanjing with Mu Feng, then crippled the Buddha Ancient Clan while honoring his mother's wish to leave the clan alive. He returned with his parents to Mu Domain and went to bring Tang Qian'er and Luo Li to meet Qing Yanjing.

• Qing Yanjing reunited with Mu Feng and Mu Chen inside the Ancestral Pagoda, then learned Mu Chen had frozen the Futuo Realm.
• Qing Yanjing asked Mu Chen to let the Buddha Ancient Clan go if it left their family in peace, and Mu Chen agreed.
• While Qing Yanjing and Mu Feng departed, Mu Chen took the Ancestral Pagoda, emptied the clan's treasury, and secretly killed many of its elders.
• Mu Chen released the frozen Futuo Realm and warned the Buddha Ancient Clan that he had taken his compensation; Futuo Xuan discovered the clan's losses and collapsed in remorse.
• Mu Chen returned with his parents to Mu Domain, where Qing Yanjing admired her new home.
• Mu Chen left to bring Tang Qian'er and Luo Li back to meet Qing Yanjing, while Mu Feng began telling her about them.

Mu Chen reunited Qing Yanjing with Mu Feng, then devastated the Buddha Ancient Clan while honoring his mother’s wish to spare it further pursuit. He returned with his parents to the Mu Domain and went to bring Tang Qian'er and Luo Li to meet Qing Yanjing.

• Qing Yanjing reunited with Mu Feng and Mu Chen inside the Ancestral Pagoda, then learned Mu Chen had frozen the Futuo Realm.
• Qing Yanjing asked Mu Chen to let the Buddha Ancient Clan go if it stopped threatening their family, and he agreed outwardly.
• Mu Chen secretly took the Ancestral Pagoda, the clan treasury, and the Boundless Light Body, and killed nearly half the clan’s Heavenly Sovereign elders who had persecuted his family.
• Mu Chen released the frozen Futuo Realm and warned the Buddha Ancient Clan that he would not pursue past grievances; Futuo Xuan realized the clan had lost its foundations and regretted his choices.
• Mu Chen returned with his parents to the prosperous Mu Domain in the Northern Spiritual Realm, then left to bring Tang Qian'er and Luo Li to meet Qing Yanjing.

Luo Li completed the Luo Shen Ceremony, inherited her ancestor’s legacy, and rose to become a lower Earthly Sovereign and the Luo God Clan’s empress. The Western Heaven War Emperor sent Elder Winter to congratulate her and offered gifts and a place in the upcoming Son of the Continent contest, while seeking to improve relations with Mu Chen.

• Luo Li awakened the Luo God Flowers, and a luminous figure of Luo Shen appeared to complete her inheritance.
• Luo Li endured the Supreme Spiritual Tribulation, broke through to the lower Earthly Sovereign Realm, and manifested the Supreme Dharma Image of the Luo God.
• The Luo God Clan celebrated Luo Li’s ascension as empress, while the Western Heaven Battle Hall’s Elder Winter arrived with the War Emperor’s congratulations.
• Elder Winter invoked the War Emperor’s decree, summoning a spiritual projection that praised Luo Li and acknowledged Mu Chen’s power.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor offered the Luo God Clan one billion drops of supreme spirit liquid, granted Luo Li a place in the next Son of the Continent contest, and invited Mu Chen to visit the Battle Hall.

After uniting the Tianluo Continent under the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, Mu Chen learned that the long-lost Ancient Heavenly Palace had appeared in the Far Western Lands. Crowds gathered, but shattered space barred entry, leaving the palace’s treasures tantalizingly out of reach.

• Mu Chen returned to the Tianluo Continent and demanded that its factions submit to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, uniting the continent in less than half the ten-day deadline.
• A seven-person hunting party discovered the Ancient Heavenly Palace within a vast spatial rift in the Far Western Lands and escaped to spread the news.
• The revelation drew countless factions and experts to the Far Western Lands, where they saw the palace but found the surrounding space too unstable to enter.
• An Earthly Sovereign’s attempt to approach the shattered region showed that the space could not withstand Earthly Sovereign-level power, so the gathered experts agreed to wait for it to stabilize.

Mu Chen announced the Heavenly Palace Tournament in the Ancient Heavenly Palace, offering extraordinary treasures that drew the Great Thousand World's strongest factions and experts. As contestants poured into Tianluo City, the tournament's anticipation reached an unprecedented peak.

• Mu Chen announced a three-tier tournament for Supreme, Earthly Sovereign, and Heavenly Sovereign contestants in the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• The leaked rewards for the lower tiers included divine artifacts and abilities, including Peerless Sacred Artifacts and Peerless Divine Abilities.
• The Heavenly Sovereign arena's prizes were revealed as One Qi into Three Pure Ones and the Boundless Light Body, provoking uproar across the Great Thousand World.
• Experts from across the Great Thousand World traveled to Tianluo City, where the True Dragon and True Phoenix kept most clashes in check.

Qing Yanjing used the Myriad Spirits Heaven-Evolving Array to select competitors for the Heavenly Palace Assembly’s arena. After three days of trials, the chosen participants emerged, and Mu Chen watched from above as the assembly moved toward its battles.

• Qing Yanjing created ten thousand Spirit Arrays and gave array seals to the Sovereign and Earthly Sovereign entrants.
• The entrants entered individualized trials and endured escalating challenges as the arrays eliminated those who reached their limits.
• After three days, the arrays selected the arena qualifiers, including Wen Qingxuan, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Jing.
• Qing Yanjing announced that 384 participants had qualified for the Heavenly Palace arena.
• Mu Chen observed the assembly from a jade platform with the gathered Heavenly Sovereigns, including Futuo Xuan.

Mu Chen decisively defeated Futuo Xuan, leaving the gathered Heavenly Sovereigns wary of his power. Maha Tian then challenged him with the Maha Immeasurable Body and the Maha Ancient Clan’s sacred Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, and Mu Chen accepted the contest.

• Mu Chen crushed Futuo Xuan’s Spear of Light with a chaos palm strike, shattered his Great Buddha Dharma Body, and defeated him.
• Futuo Xuan fell to the jade platform, and Mu Chen invited another Heavenly Sovereign to challenge him.
• Maha Tian rose to face Mu Chen, prompting onlookers to recall his former marriage alliance with Qing Yanjing.
• Maha Tian summoned the Maha Immeasurable Body and brought out the Maha Ancient Clan’s clan-protecting sacred artifact, the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle.
• Qing Yanjing protested Maha Tian’s use of the sacred artifact, but Mu Chen said it did not break the rules and asked to witness its power.