Arc 22The Choice Before the War

Mu Bai survived Lu Changlin’s pursuit, refused to be claimed by the Li Dragon Tribe, and traveled across the Northern Plains before returning to Eastern Ridge. As the Human Race prepared to fight the Immortal Race, Mu Bai offered Mu Lan Pavilion’s resources to the cause and watched its people disperse, while Qingtian joined him.

  • Mu Bai escaped Lu Changlin with Qian Fengming’s help, realized that he and Hai Chen were reincarnated sons of the Immortal Emperor, and resolved to oppose the plan to use the Origin Realm as pill ingredients.
  • Mu Bai rejected Li Dao Hong’s offer to make him master of the Li Dragon Tribe, reunited with Ye Wan at Qianlai Mountain, and left after she chose to remain with the Western Plains cultivators.
  • After traveling north, Mu Bai collapsed near Earthfire City and Xi Yan took him home, and he protected her from Chen Mu Fei and punished Chen Mu Fei and his father Mu Bai with one hundred strokes each.
  • Mu Bai left treasures with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy and returned to Eastern Ridge, while Chen Mu Fei unleashed the Qianyuan Sacred Robe and wrecked Mu Lan Pavilion.
  • Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy arranged to build Ice Lake City with the Ice Forest Sect and Sword Sect, while Mu Bai arrived in Ximu City and reunited with his allies.
  • Mu Bai offered Mu Lan Pavilion’s assets, worth more than 860 billion Soul Crystals, to Rao Lin’s Human Race army and asked the pavilion’s people whether they wished to stay or leave.
  • Red Dance left to join Granny Blood Phoenix, Yan Yan led five hundred thousand War Hall cultivators north, and many others departed as Rao Lin arrived with his army.
  • Qingtian challenged Rao Lin over the Human Emperor’s betrayal of the Heavenly Devil Race, and Mu Bai separated them before leaving with Qingtian and giving him Heavenly Demon Essence Blood.
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Ch. 526Borrowed Power to Intimidate

Mu Bai escaped Li Dao Hong’s attempt to seize him by invoking Hai Chen’s backing, while Qian Fengming arrived and forced the Li Dragon Tribe to release Li Ji. After leaving Saint Spirit Mountain with Chen Shichong, Mu Bai heard him explain that the sword Dao was about protection and that he planned to shed the Heavenly Demon Body he had devoured.

  • Mu Bai held Li Ji hostage and used Hai Chen’s image and the Ancestral Dragon Inner Core to warn Li Dao Hong against harming him.
  • Ling Jinyu testified that Hai Chen had given Mu Bai the core and that Mu Bai was Madam Seven Emotions’ son-in-law.
  • Qian Fengming arrived, defended Mu Bai as Qianyuan’s Holy Son, and dismissed Qian Yuhuang when he urged caution.
  • Qian Yuhuang attacked Mu Bai with Qian Yuquan’s Yinglong Longsword, but Mu Bai dodged until Li Dao Hong demanded Li Ji’s return.
  • Mu Bai released Li Ji, struck at Qian Yuhuang with White Spirit Cold Flame, and flew away with Chen Shichong.
  • Chen Shichong told Mu Bai that the sword Dao meant protecting what mattered and that he was ready to shed the Heavenly Demon Body he had devoured.

Ch. 527Battling a Supreme Again

Chen Shichong expelled the heavenly demon essence blood and chose to return to the Northern Plains, while Mu Bai prepared for his coming contest with Hai Chen. Lu Changlin ambushed Mu Bai and trapped him in a world where he controlled heaven and earth, leaving Mu Bai to summon the Golden Book as the two forces closed in.

  • Chen Shichong forced all the heavenly demon essence blood from his body, collected it, and gave it to Mu Bai to help Hai Chen reach perfection.
  • Chen Shichong said he would return to the Northern Plains to bury Wan'er, and he and Mu Bai parted with promises to meet again.
  • Lu Changlin appeared before Mu Bai, demanded his cultivation techniques and fortuitous gains, and restricted Mu Bai's World Force, Soul Power, and Mental Power inside his world.
  • Mu Bai attacked Lu Changlin with White Spirit Cold Flame, then fled underground as Lu Changlin brought heaven and earth together to crush him.
  • Mu Bai pierced the giant hands with the Reincarnation Sword and Five Elements Sword, resisted their crushing force, and summoned the Golden Book.

Ch. 528Desperate resistance

Mu Bai fought desperately against Lu Changlin, using his powers and swords to survive the Perfection Supreme’s attacks. Just as Lu Changlin seemed poised to kill him, Mu Bai broke through another shackle in his understanding of the Samsara Great Dao and landed a strike through space and time.

  • Mu Bai escaped Lu Changlin’s Azure Sky Great Hand with Spatial Shift, but Lu Changlin’s attacks devastated the land and left Mu Bai badly injured.
  • Mu Bai attempted to teleport across continents, but Lu Changlin trapped him in a contracting net of light with his Six-Pointed Star Dharma Form Light Wheel.
  • Mu Bai repaired his body with the Five Elements Pill Body, transformed through the Ancestral Dragon Primordial Spirit, and broke free of the light net to strike Lu Changlin.
  • Lu Changlin summoned a Longevity Spear and used Space-Time Dao Arts to keep Mu Bai from reaching him as time drained Mu Bai’s life.
  • Mu Bai broke another shackle in his comprehension of the Samsara Great Dao and summoned a fleeting Black-Clad Figure of Gu Chen, who slashed Lu Changlin across space and time.

Ch. 529Supremes clashed

Mu Bai was gravely wounded by Lu Changlin, but Qian Fengming intervened and battled Lu Changlin while Mu Bai recovered. Watching them, Mu Bai resolved to oppose the Immortal Race’s plan to refine the Origin Realm, rather than fight Hai Chen for the Immortal Emperor’s position.

  • Lu Changlin recovered from Mu Bai’s strike and attacked him again, determined to seize the Samsara Great Dao.
  • Qian Fengming arrived, gave Mu Bai wine, and engaged Lu Changlin in a fierce battle between Perfection Supremes.
  • Mu Bai recovered using the World Tree and Five Elements Dao Marks while the Sacred Lands watched the clash.
  • Qian Fengming and Lu Changlin unleashed their full strength, shattering the void as their allies silently lent support.
  • Mu Bai understood that he and Hai Chen were reincarnated sons of the Immortal Emperor competing for succession, and he resolved to fight the Immortal Race’s plan to turn the Origin Realm and its people into ingredients for a pill.

Ch. 530A rendezvous on the battlefield

Mu Bai stopped Qian Fengming and Lu Changlin from fighting and urged them to unite against the coming threat to the Origin Realm. After leaving the Venerable Domain, he encountered Li Dao Hong, who invited him into the Li Dragon war chariot and hinted at Mu Bai’s true identity.

  • Mu Bai intervened in Qian Fengming and Lu Changlin’s battle, reminding them that the Origin Realm faced turmoil and they should resist outside threats together.
  • Lu Changlin questioned Mu Bai’s ties to the Immortal Race, and Mu Bai challenged him and Qian Fengming to seize their own power from their enemies.
  • Qian Fengming broke his Yinglong Sword as a pledge to fight the Immortal Race, then advised Mu Bai to perfect his Five Elements Sword before departing.
  • Mu Bai decided to avoid the Venerable Domain and headed toward Qianlai Mountain, but Li Dao Hong and the Li Dragon Tribe blocked his way.
  • Li Dao Hong revealed that he had retrieved his severed palm through the River of Time, hinted that Mu Bai knew his true identity, and invited him into the war chariot.

Ch. 531Li Dragon extended an olive branch

Mu Bai reunited with Xue'er at Li Dao Hong's banquet and learned how she and her tribe had returned to the Venerable Domain. Li Dao Hong offered Li Dragon's allegiance to Mu Bai, who left without giving him an answer.

  • Mu Bai entered Li Dao Hong's palace and recognized the green-clad dancer as Xue'er, whom he had mistaken for her sister Ling'er.
  • Xue'er and Mu Bai reunited, and she told him that her grandfather had died and Li Dao Hong had brought the tribe back from the Northern Plains.
  • Li Dao Hong explained that the tribe descended from Li Dragon's direct line and dismissed Xue'er so he could speak privately with Mu Bai.
  • Li Dao Hong offered for Li Dragon to acknowledge Mu Bai as its master, arguing that the Origin Realm needed him to defeat Hai Chen and preserve its future.
  • Mu Bai left without accepting or refusing, and Li Dao Hong anxiously wondered whether he would agree.

Ch. 532Departing the Western Plains

Mu Bai rejected the Li Dragon Tribe’s attempt to keep him and set out for Qianlai Mountain to bring Ye Wan back to the Eastern Ridge. He reunited with the recovering Artifact Spirit Ancestor, who welcomed him warmly.

  • Mu Bai told Li Dao Hong that he would not stay with the Li Dragon Tribe, and he departed despite Xue’er’s conflicted feelings.
  • Mu Bai reflected on the sacred lands’ attempts to use him but resolved to keep faith with those he loved and fight for the Origin Realm.
  • Mu Bai gave Qing Ping and Qing Dai Avatar Jade Slips before letting them continue their adventures in the Venerable Domain.
  • Mu Bai flew toward Qianlai Mountain as the Western Plains grew calmer after the Evil Demon army’s defeat and the Blood River Blood Mother’s retreat.
  • Mu Bai reached the lake at Qianlai Mountain, entered the Human Race cultivators’ formation, and reunited with the recovering Artifact Spirit Ancestor.

Ch. 533Ye Wan's Stance

Mu Bai returned to Qianlai Mountain and urged Ye Wan to leave the Western Plains with him before the coming upheaval, but she refused to abandon the nearly million cultivators seeking refuge there. Ye Wan left after their argument, and Mu Bai stayed behind drinking with the Artifact Spirit Ancestor, troubled by her choice.

  • Mu Bai reunited with Ye Wan and the Artifact Spirit Ancestor, then used his White Spirit Cold Flame to tease the Ancestor about tempering his Soul Body.
  • The Artifact Spirit Ancestor revealed that the formation's core was inside a fish he had eaten, transporting everyone from the lake to Qianlai Mountain.
  • At the banquet, Mu Bai asked Ye Wan to return with him to the Eastern Ridge before the Origin Realm's coming upheaval.
  • Ye Wan refused to leave the Western Plains, saying she would not abandon the nearly million cultivators sheltered at Qianlai Mountain to slaughter and persecution.
  • Ye Wan left the banquet, and Mu Bai confided in the Artifact Spirit Ancestor before drinking with him.

Ch. 534Parting and Farewell

Mu Bai and Ye Wan spent a tearful night together before he left Qianlai Mountain for the Eastern Ridge to prepare for the defense of the Origin Realm. After parting from Ye Wan, he turned north toward the Northern Plains and visited the Dao Sea, where memories of Li Muxue and his past lives lingered.

  • The Artifact Spirit Ancestor got Mu Bai drunk and carried him to Ye Wan, then teased her before leaving them alone.
  • Ye Wan told the sleeping Mu Bai she would wait for his victorious return, while Mu Bai heard her and shared a silent, tearful night with her.
  • The next morning, Ye Wan gave Mu Bai a dark blue robe she had sewn and urged him to feel her presence as he traveled.
  • Mu Bai promised to defend the Origin Realm, said farewell to Ye Wan, and left Qianlai Mountain without letting her see him off.
  • Mu Bai headed north rather than through the Venerable Domain and visited the Dao Sea, recalling Li Muxue and the countless lives he had lived.

Ch. 535Melancholy and wounded

After parting from Li Muxue, Mu Bai traveled across the Northern Plains, severing his connection to Ye Wan and reaching Earthfire City. His attempt to teleport with the Celestial Person Spirit Evolution Grand Array left him unconscious, and Xi Yan brought him home despite her grandmother's fears.

  • Mu Bai erased the Pear Blossom Grove and parted from Li Muxue, then continued across the Northern Plains with the Artifact Spirit Ancestor.
  • After traveling for more than ten days, Mu Bai severed his emotional connection to Ye Wan and felt as though part of his heart had been cut away.
  • Near Earthfire City, Mu Bai used the Celestial Person Spirit Evolution Grand Array to teleport across half the Northern Plains, but its backlash made him collapse unconscious in the street.
  • The crowd fled after mistaking Mu Bai for a gravely injured Dao Zun, while Xi Yan chose to carry him home.
  • Xi Yan's grandmother helped lay Mu Bai on a bed, then warned Xi Yan that helping a powerful stranger could bring disaster upon them.

Ch. 536Coercing an Innocent Girl

After Xi Yan and her grandmother discussed why she had brought the wounded Mu Bai home, Mu Bai agreed to help them. The young master Chen Mu Fei forced his way into their home and attacked Xi Yan, and Mu Bai drove him and his guards back despite his injuries.

  • Xi Yan explained to her grandmother that the wounded Mu Bai did not seem to have been pursued, and revealed that she had brought him home hoping he would help protect her from Chen Mu Fei.
  • Mu Bai woke and confirmed Xi Yan's reasoning, then promised to help because she had saved him.
  • The next morning, Xi Yan clung to Mu Bai and asked him for help as Chen Mu Fei arrived with his men.
  • Chen Mu Fei shoved aside Second Granny Sun, forced his way into the room, and insulted Xi Yan before reaching for her.
  • Mu Bai sent Chen Mu Fei tumbling away and swept his two Dao Zun guards off their feet, then condemned the Chen Household and Sword Sect.

Ch. 537The wastrel

Mu Bai drove Chen Mu Fei away after learning how he mistreated Xi Yan and her grandmother, and promised to protect them. Chen Mu Fei obtained a powerful Star Array Ice Puppet from the Sword Sect and secretly headed back to Sword City, while his family remained unaware of his intentions.

  • Mu Bai threw Chen Mu Fei and his two Dao Zun guards out, then asked Xi Yan and her grandmother about his usual behavior and promised to keep them safe.
  • Xi Yan and her grandmother described Chen Mu Fei's tyranny, debauchery, and the city's resentment toward him.
  • Chen Mu Fei returned to the Sword Sect and tricked his grandfather Ji Yang into helping him borrow the Star Array Ice Puppet.
  • Chen Qi arranged for four Dao Zun Elders to activate the puppet, whose power could match a Yuan Zun patriarch.
  • Chen Mu Fei left the Sect with the puppet and six followers, then doubled back toward Sword City.
  • Chen Qi worried about Chen Mu Fei's departure, while Ji Ruxia arrived and Ji Yang defended his grandson's supposed interest in learning Array Offering.

Ch. 538Spoiled by Indulgence

Chen Mu Fei set out to punish the man in Xi Yan’s courtyard, confident that his guardian puppet and four Dao Zun elders made him untouchable. The elders’ attacks and a barrage of Exploding Pills failed to break the protective light screen, and Chen Mu Fei considered fetching a Soul Crystal Cannon.

  • Ji Ruxia and Chen Qi quarreled over how Chen Mu Fei should be raised, and Ji Yang pulled Ji Ruxia away.
  • Chen Mu Fei gathered four Dao Zun elders and went to Xi Yan’s courtyard to attack its occupant.
  • A blue light screen appeared around the courtyard, and the four elders could not break it with their attacks.
  • Ding Feng and Ding Yu paid the nearby residents ten thousand soul crystals each to clear the area.
  • Chen Mu Fei ordered Ding Feng and Ding Yu to surround the screen with Exploding Pills, but the explosions failed to bring it down.
  • Chen Mu Fei considered fetching a Soul Crystal Cannon from the Mu Lan Pavilion.

Ch. 539Chen Qi Teaches Her Nephew

Chen Mu Fei’s attempts to break Mu Bai’s defensive light screen escalated until Chen Qi and two Yuan Zun Grand Elders joined him. Mu Bai finally acted, throwing the attackers aside and leaving everyone to realize they had provoked someone beyond their power.

  • Chen Mu Fei summoned Hu Fu, who failed to break the light screen with the Divine Hairpins and warned him to return to the sect.
  • Chen Mu Fei ordered the four Dao Zun elders to activate the Ice Puppet’s Star Array, but dozens of axe blows left the light screen untouched.
  • Chen Mu Fei decided to ask Chen Qi for help, and she arrived with Mu Lan Pavilion’s two Yuan Zun Grand Elders.
  • Chen Mu Fei tearfully told Chen Qi that Mu Bai had insulted him, and she ordered the Grand Elders to attack the light screen.
  • Mu Bai swept his sleeve and flung the two Grand Elders and the Ice Puppet away, prompting someone to identify him as being in the Dao Ling Realm.

Ch. 540To Spoil a Child Is to Kill Him

Mu Bai confronted Chen Qi and Chen Mu Fei over Chen Mu Fei’s wrongdoing in Sword City, then publicly punished himself and his son and apologized to the citizens. Chen Qi took the badly injured Chen Mu Fei back to the sect, leaving Mu Bai shaken and alone until Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy welcomed him back to the pavilion.

  • Mu Bai emerged from the Light Screen and scolded Chen Qi for raising Chen Mu Fei poorly, while Chen Mu Fei tried to win him over by calling him Father.
  • Mu Bai admitted he had neglected Chen Mu Fei’s discipline, knelt to apologize to Sword City, and ordered the two Mu Lan Pavilion Grand Elders to give him and Chen Mu Fei one hundred strokes each.
  • Chen Qi tried to protect Chen Mu Fei, but Mu Bai restrained her as the Grand Elders beat father and son; Chen Mu Fei fainted, and the onlookers pleaded for mercy.
  • Chen Qi rejected Mu Bai’s attempt to give Chen Mu Fei medicine and carried her nephew back to the sect, while Ding Feng and Ding Yu followed her.
  • The Ice Puppet and the Dao Zun Elders departed, leaving Mu Bai humiliated and at a loss; the Artifact Spirit Ancestor tried to console him, and Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy embraced him and invited him back to the pavilion.

Ch. 541Different aspirations

Mu Bai reunited with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy at Mu Lan Pavilion’s lavish Sword City headquarters and learned about their different priorities in life. Their conversation ended with an account of the Eastern Ridge’s growing stability and the rise of Rao Lin and the beast race.

  • Mu Bai, Xi Bazì, and Sweet Potato Boy walked to Mu Lan Pavilion’s Sword City headquarters while the Artifact Spirit Ancestor clamored for wine and meat.
  • Xi Bazì explained that Sword Sect disciples supported the pavilion by buying its goods cheaply and reselling them at a profit.
  • At the headquarters, the Artifact Spirit Ancestor lifted the maidservants’ skirts, and Mu Bai swept him into his Boundary before the others misunderstood his actions.
  • Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy hosted Mu Bai at a lavish meal and explained that they preferred enjoying life over pursuing higher cultivation.
  • Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy told Mu Bai that the Eastern Ridge had stabilized, Rao Lin had risen to challenge a Perfection Supreme, and the migrating Southern Marsh beast race was joining the beast race of Silver Frost Forest.

Ch. 542Life's desolation

Mu Bai reunited with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy, shared treasures with the Mu Lan Pavilion, and urged his brothers to cultivate so they could stay together. Unable to settle after the banquet, he secretly visited the graves of Chen Jianli and Chen Jianduan to honor their fatherly love and sacrifice, then returned to Eastern Ridge.

  • Mu Bai asked after Mu Lan and Zeng Yuan, and his friends discussed Mu Fei and the future of the Mu Lan Pavilion.
  • Mu Bai gave Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy treasures to sell or keep, including items containing his Divine Sense Avatar.
  • Mu Bai urged Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to reach the Dao Zun Realm so they could remain together in the years ahead.
  • Mu Bai secretly went to the Chen Household ancestral graves and poured wine before Chen Jianli's and Chen Jianduan's graves.
  • Mu Bai bowed to the two men for their righteousness and fatherly love, then returned to Eastern Ridge.

Ch. 543Leaving without a word

Chen Qi tried to protect Chen Mu Fei from the consequences of his behavior, while Ji Ruxia warned that she was harming him and damaging her relationship with Mu Bai. When Chen Qi and Chen Mu Fei went to apologize, Mu Bai had already left, and Chen Qi gave Mu Fei the powerful treasures he had left behind.

  • Chen Qi cried over Chen Mu Fei's injuries, and Ji Ruxia warned her that indulging him would ruin the Chen Household and estrange Mu Bai.
  • Chen Qi refused to send Chen Mu Fei back to Earthfire City and cut off her left index finger to pledge she would discipline him.
  • Chen Qi took Chen Mu Fei to Mu Lan Pavilion to apologize, but Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy told them Mu Bai had already left for the Eastern Ridge.
  • Chen Mu Fei asked to see the treasures Mu Bai had left, and Xi Bazì showed him the Yinglong Longsword and Qianyuan Sacred Robe.
  • Chen Qi decided the treasures would protect Chen Mu Fei and dressed him in the robe, despite Xi Bazì's objections.

Ch. 544A Rift in the Northern Plains

Chen Mu Fei lost control of the Qianyuan Sacred Robe and destroyed Mu Lan Pavilion, prompting Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to plan an independent Northern Plains base near Ice Lake. Their negotiations with the Ice Forest Sect stalled when Chen Qi revealed the Sword Sect was blocking the sale.

  • Chen Mu Fei unleashed the Qianyuan Sacred Robe’s power, wrecking Mu Lan Pavilion and seriously injuring Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy.
  • Chen Qi took Chen Mu Fei away after Sweet Potato Boy confronted her, and Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy decided Mu Lan Pavilion should stop relying on the Sword Sect and build its own city.
  • Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy traveled to Ice Lake to buy the surrounding land and met Grand Elder Zhong Yue of the Ice Forest Sect.
  • Xi Bazì offered to purchase the Ice Lake region, but Zhong Yue resisted, citing the area’s value to his sect.
  • Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy offered to negotiate over Soul Crystals, but Zhong Yue said the sect did not dare accept them.
  • A Sword Sect representative arrived and declared that the Ice Forest Sect would not act without the Sword Sect’s approval.

Ch. 545A Turn in the Road

Chen Qi tried to stop Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy from buying Ice Lake land for Mu Lan Pavilion, but Zuo Lin, the Ice Forest Sect’s Sect Master and Mu Bai’s disciple, approved the deal. Zuo Lin and Zhong Yue offered the land free of charge, leaving Chen Qi unable to block the agreement.

  • Chen Qi confronted Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy over their plan to build a city at Ice Lake, and she attacked them when they challenged her authority.
  • Zhong Yue agreed to sell the land, but Zuo Lin arrived and revealed his connection to Mu Bai and the two Mu Lan Pavilion stewards.
  • Zuo Lin defended his right to decide Ice Forest Sect matters and said Mu Lan Pavilion’s purchase could benefit his sect.
  • Chen Qi and Xi Bazì argued over the land and the supplies in Sword City, while Zuo Lin told them to stop quarreling in his sect.
  • Zuo Lin offered Ice Lake land to Mu Lan Pavilion without payment, and Zhong Yue agreed, citing his past ties with Mu Bai.

Ch. 546Return to Ximu

Mu Bai returned to Ximu City and received a grand welcome from Mu Lan Pavilion and the region’s prominent figures. He learned that Xing Yun had withdrawn the Star Great Tribe from contact with the outside world and resolved to investigate.

  • Chen Qi set aside her doubts after Xi Bazì told her Mu Bai intended to entrust Mu Lan Pavilion to Mu Fei, and she joined the others in planning Ice Lake City.
  • Mu Lan Pavilion, the Sword Sect, and the Ice Forest Sect agreed to share Ice Lake City’s costs, labor, management, and trade profits, and construction began.
  • Mu Bai arrived near Ximu City and was welcomed by Hu Fu, Yan Yan, and a million members of Mu Lan Pavilion’s War Hall.
  • Hu Fu and Yan Yan told Mu Bai that prominent figures, including Bai Jun, Granny Blood Phoenix, Rao Lin, the three Demon Saints, and the three Sect Masters, had gathered in Ximu City.
  • Mu Bai learned that Xing Yun had returned to the Star Great Tribe, which had cut itself off from the outside world, and said he would find out why.

Ch. 547Supreme Ones Await

Mu Bai returned to Ximu City, where millions welcomed him and old friends and family celebrated his homecoming. At Mu Lan Pavilion, he met the three supreme figures waiting to discuss important matters, including Granny Blood Phoenix, whose Azure Dragon companion made him think of Long Qichen.

  • Mu Bai arrived in Ximu City and thanked the residents for welcoming him as they cheered for him and Mu Lan Pavilion.
  • Mu Bai reunited with Hong Luo, Cangxiao, Zhou Qilong, Tao Hang, Mu Lan, and Zeng Yuan, while Golden Roc enthusiastically crowded him.
  • Mu Lan ordered every Mu Lan Pavilion branch in ninety-seven cities to sell all merchandise at half price for three days, and Mu Bai approved of sharing their wealth with the people.
  • Mu Lan told Mu Bai that Bai Jun, Granny Blood Phoenix, and Rao Lin were waiting at the pavilion to discuss important matters, and he said he had a plan.
  • Mu Bai met the three supreme figures outside the Mu Lan Pavilion Grand Formation, recognized Bai Jun as his brother, and paid respects to Granny Blood Phoenix when he saw an Azure Dragon on her shoulder.

Ch. 548The greater cause of the Human Race

Mu Bai welcomed Rao Lin and the other Great Sovereigns to a lavish banquet at the Mu Lan Pavilion, where Rao Lin revealed his plan to unite the Human Race against the Immortal Race. Mu Bai chose to surrender the pavilion’s wealth and let its cultivators decide their own futures, leaving Rao Lin responsible for carrying the fight to defend the Origin Realm.

  • Mu Bai greeted Granny Blood Phoenix and received Rao Lin’s acknowledgment after his battle with Lu Changlin.
  • Mu Bai hosted the three Great Sovereigns and their followers at a banquet in the Mu Lan Pavilion.
  • Rao Lin asked whether Mu Bai would support a campaign against the Venerable Domain and the Immortal Race.
  • Mu Bai offered the Mu Lan Pavilion’s assets to the Human Race army and left the fate of its cultivators to their own wishes.
  • Mu Lan and Zeng Yuan gave Rao Lin the pavilion’s ledgers, showing assets worth more than 860 billion Soul Crystals, and urged him to honor the goodwill of its people.

Ch. 549Take care on the road ahead

After the guests left Mu Lan Pavilion, Mu Bai began arranging for its people to decide whether to remain or depart, while sharing farewells with Hu Meier, Hu Fu, and Red Dance. Red Dance left to join the coming war, leaving Golden Roc with Mu Bai and Mu Lan, and her final words revealed that Golden Roc had eaten fuling.

  • Hu Meier and Hu Fu departed with their child after Mu Bai gave the baby a Form Transformation Pill and wished the family well.
  • Mu Bai asked Yan Yan and Zeng Yuan to find out whether the pavilion’s fighters and residents wanted to stay or leave, and to distribute soul crystals to those who departed.
  • Mu Lan gave her treasured brocade to Red Dance, who said she would join Granny Blood Phoenix in the war and leave Golden Roc with Mu Bai and Mu Lan.
  • Mu Bai lightened the farewell by teasing Golden Roc, then promised to care for him while Red Dance was away.
  • Red Dance quietly told Mu Bai that Golden Roc had eaten fuling, then left the Shuhuan Mountain Range in tears as Granny Blood Phoenix waited outside.

Ch. 550Mu Lan Pavilion Disbands

Mu Lan Pavilion disbanded as its people departed for the war against the Immortal Race, and Mu Bai left with Mu Lan after persuading Qingtian and Rao Lin to stop fighting. As they sailed away, Mu Bai gave Qingtian the Heavenly Demon Essence Blood and revealed that he had dissolved his Heavenly Demon Body.

  • Red Dance left Shuhuan Mountain Range, while Mu Bai comforted the grieving Golden Roc and remained determined to make him undergo Form Transformation.
  • Yan Yan departed with five hundred thousand War Hall cultivators for the Northern Plains, and many Artificers and other cultivators left Mu Lan Pavilion over the following days.
  • Mu Lan and the pavilion's people packed their belongings and made their farewells before Rao Lin arrived with a million Human Race cultivators and hundreds of Soul Boats.
  • Qingtian arrived to stand with Mu Bai, challenged Rao Lin over the Human Emperor's betrayal of the Heavenly Devil Race, and fought him until Mu Bai separated them with the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron.
  • Rao Lin held back his army, and Mu Bai led Qingtian away aboard the pleasure boat as the remaining Mu Lan Pavilion cultivators withdrew.
  • Mu Bai gave Qingtian a Mustard Seed Bag containing Heavenly Demon Essence Blood and told him he had dissolved his own Heavenly Demon Body.
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