Chapter Summaries

Mu Bai fought through the Void Beast’s army and defeated the ancient creature after its spatial attack was shattered by the Golden-Foil Book. He captured the Void Beast’s soul and began carving it into a new Soul Mark, studying its Spatial Laws.

• The Void Beast tried to keep Mu Bai from escaping by thickening the valley’s mist and sending tens of thousands of Fierce Beasts after him.
• Mu Bai, the Three-Legged Divine Crow, and the Silver-Backed Ape slaughtered the beasts, forcing the Void Beast to attack.
• Mu Bai blocked the Void Beast’s first Spirit Light Swords, but a spatially concealed sword pierced into his Divine Palace before the Golden-Foil Book dispersed it.
• The backlash destabilized the Void Beast’s mind-spirit and dispelled the mist, revealing its golden remnant in a cave.
• Mu Bai split the remnant with the Twin Fish Sword, drew in the Void Beast’s soul, and bound it in his Divine Sea.
• Mu Bai meditated and copied the Void Beast’s soul as a new Soul Mark, pondering how Spatial Laws could bridge distance instantly.

Mu Bai grasped the basics of Spatial Laws, inscribed the Void Beast Soul Spirit Imprint, and used it to shift between locations before his strength ran out. Captured by Dai Qing’s party, he traveled with them toward Ten Thousand Beast Valley as they searched for a Form Transformation Fruit.

• Mu Bai realized Spatial Laws could merge distant points, inscribed the Void Beast Soul Spirit Imprint, and shifted into a cave behind a waterfall.
• After using Spatial Laws three times and exhausting his strength, Mu Bai was captured by Dai Qing, Bai Yi, and Qing Qiu.
• Dai Qing ordered her party to take Mu Bai along while she searched Ten Thousand Beast Valley for a Form Transformation Fruit.
• Mu Bai learned that Dai Qing, Bai Yi, and Qing Qiu were half-beast offspring born to Human Race women abducted by Beast Race Demon Generals.
• The party crossed the mountain ridge and reached Ten Thousand Beast Valley, where Bai Yi used a Top-Tier Divine Artifact to break the Protective Formation.

Bai Yi opened a breach in the formation around Ten Thousand Beast Valley, and Qing Qiu took Dai Qing toward Valley Peak Mountain under a Black Silk Flying Carpet. After Mu Bai stopped himself from killing Bai Yi, Dai Long appeared and caught Qing Qiu and Dai Qing behaving intimately.

• Bai Yi used the Divine Hairpin to locate and break a piece from the formation-eye soul jade, opening a passage into Ten Thousand Beast Valley.
• Bai Yi offered to take Dai Qing to Valley Peak Mountain under his Black Silk Flying Carpet, but Qing Qiu seized the carpet and vanished with her.
• Bai Yi tried to kill Mu Bai, but Mu Bai's golden short sword nearly struck Bai Yi before Mu Bai diverted it and shattered a boulder instead.
• Dai Long appeared and praised Mu Bai, then called for Qing Qiu and Dai Qing to show themselves.
• Qing Qiu and Dai Qing reappeared with disheveled hair and flushed faces as Dai Long rebuked them and the Guard Beasts knelt.

Dai Long brought Dai Qing and the others to a hidden pool of Form Transformation Fruits, then learned that Commander Hong Luo had secretly sabotaged his transformation pills. He forced Mu Bai to refine replacements, where Mu Bai met five enslaved Alchemists and began work with them.

• Dai Long displayed his power by revealing the valley’s hidden peak and taking everyone to its summit, where Form Transformation Fruit trees grew beside a jade-green pool.
• A Demon General presented Dai Long with two Form Transformation Pills sent by Commander Hong Luo, and Dai Long returned with the group to his residence.
• Dai Long ordered Mu Bai to identify a pill’s ingredients within ten breaths, then realized the formula contained fu ling and accused Hong Luo of obstructing his transformation.
• Dai Long gave Mu Bai the ingredients and three days to refine two replacement pills, then sent him to an Alchemy Chamber with five Xiu Zun Realm Alchemists.
• Mu Bai learned that the five Alchemists were Northern Region captives and descendants of human livestock, and told them about the war between the Human and Beast Races.
• Mu Bai began refining the Form Transformation Pills with the five Alchemists’ help, using the knowledge he had gained through his life.

Mu Bai refined Form Transformation Pills under the guidance of five alchemy grandmasters, then survived after Dai Long forced one down his throat to test its effects. Trapped in a valley, Mu Bai escaped its defenses and began fighting a mysterious black-robed elder who attacked with azure netherworld ghostfire.

• Mu Bai learned alchemy techniques from five grandmasters and completed two three-mark Form Transformation Pills on the third evening.
• Dai Long arrived, fed Mu Bai one of the pills, and watched as its power shattered and reshaped Mu Bai’s body through the night.
• Mu Bai survived the transformation, and Dai Long tossed him into a pitch-black valley.
• Mu Bai tried to fly out of the valley but was driven back by spears and arrows, then used the Divine Crow to evade them.
• A black-robed elder appeared and attacked Mu Bai with azure netherworld ghostfire, which Mu Bai countered with his flames and a five-colored shield.
• The elder unleashed a rain of ghostfire carrying water, fire, wood, and metal attributes as Mu Bai prepared to defend himself.

Mu Bai fought to survive in Dai Long’s deadly valley, where a formation trapped combatants in battles to the death. He joined forces with the black-robed old man against the dark-skinned giant and drove the Twin Fish Sword through the giant’s back, but the fight continued.

• Mu Bai countered the black-robed old man’s Azure Netherworld Ghostfire, then evaded attacks from the dark-skinned giant, his eagle, and the leopard-patterned beastwoman.
• Mu Bai discovered that the vast valley was a confined space shaped by a formation, and realized he could not break it with his limited knowledge of formations.
• After seeing the black-robed old man kill another fighter, Mu Bai ran for two hours and found himself back where he had started.
• Mu Bai attacked the dark-skinned giant while the black-robed old man fought him, helping wound the giant and defend against his animal companions.
• The black-robed old man transformed into a cloud and unleashed Azure Netherworld Ghostfire as the giant swung the python around.
• Mu Bai seized the Twin Fish Sword and drove it through the giant’s armpit and back, splashing black blood across his Origin Power Light Screen.

Mu Bai survived the battle in the hidden valley, buried the dark-skinned burly man and Leopard Girl together, and then was struck down by Dai Long for showing softness. In a hidden room, he discovered he could genuinely change his appearance and opened Qing Mao’s Mustard Seed Bag, finding only a few soul crystals, pills, and Jade Slips.

• Mu Bai killed the dark-skinned burly man and the black-robed elder after Leopard Girl died protecting the burly man, then buried the couple together.
• Dai Long attacked Mu Bai for showing softness and sent him into a dim room.
• Mu Bai examined his reflection and discovered he could change his appearance at will, then washed and changed clothes.
• Mu Bai checked his Mustard Seed Bags and found that none of his belongings were missing or damaged.
• Mu Bai opened Qing Mao’s Mustard Seed Bag and found a few dozen soul crystals, scattered medicinal pills, and Jade Slips containing mostly mundane records.

Mu Bai discovered the latter half of the Heavenly Son Nine-Demon Art while Dai Long successfully took human form and celebrated with a feast of human victims. When Mu Bai rejected Dai Long’s invitation to drink, Dai Long captured him and began sucking every living thing in his manor into his Inner World.

• Mu Bai found the latter half of the Heavenly Son Nine-Demon Art in Qing Mao’s records and studied its requirements for reaching the ultimate Demon Body.
• Dai Long took human form after a thousand years of cultivation and ordered a feast to celebrate, including the slaughter of a hundred thousand humans.
• Dai Long’s guests drank liquor and consumed delicacies made from human remains while Mu Bai watched, furious.
• Dai Long revealed that Hong Luo had given him a false pill, then credited Mu Bai with exposing it and invited him to drink.
• Mu Bai smashed the liquor vat and insulted Dai Long, who swept him into his Inner World.
• Dai Long pulled everyone in the hall and manor into his Inner World, hoping to populate it and advance toward the Demon Saint Realm.

Dai Long created time and reincarnation in his Inner World, where Mu Bai lived through several lifetimes and eventually became its first cultivator. As Mu Bai’s ascension strengthened Dai Long, Dai Long gained the upper hand against Hong Luo’s avatar.

• Dai Long drew the living things in his domain into his Inner World and challenged Hong Luo, who arrived in an avatar to kill him.
• Mu Bai became the first spirit seed in Dai Long’s world, where time, seasons, plants, beasts, and people gradually emerged.
• Mu Bai was reborn as a scholar and recognized his former wife, now an old woman struggling to farm alone, but he could not reveal himself to her.
• In another life, Mu Bai planned to marry Dai Qing, but after an old turtle gave him a cultivation technique, he became consumed by practice and Dai Qing left him for Qing Qiu.
• Mu Bai displayed his powers before the villagers, distributed fish, and ascended on a white deer, becoming the world’s first cultivator.
• Dai Long’s growing power overwhelmed Hong Luo’s avatar, and he grew confident that even Hong Luo’s true body would soon struggle against him.

Mu Bai returned from Dai Long’s Inner World after experiencing countless lifetimes, and the Pear Blossom Mark shifted to reveal an empty spirit position that might be the legendary Fifth Spirit Position. After Hong Luo apologized and secured him in Dai Long’s secluded chamber, Mu Bai meditated on his experiences and began to grasp the Samsara Great Dao.

• In Dai Long’s Inner World, Mu Bai watched his world end, then slit his throat and returned to a spirit seed as Hong Luo’s true body killed Dai Long.
• The Pear Blossom Mark moved from Mu Bai’s right arm to his forehead, changing the order of his Soul Spirits and leaving an empty position that might be the Fifth Spirit Position.
• Mu Bai emerged from Dai Long’s Inner World, and Hong Luo recognized him, panicked, and apologized for her earlier offense.
• Hong Luo took Mu Bai to Dai Long’s secluded chamber and gave him a Mustard Seed Bag containing Dai Long’s possessions.
• Mu Bai meditated on the lifetimes he had experienced and began to develop an understanding of the Samsara Great Dao.

After contemplating his memories of repeated Reincarnations, Mu Bai comprehended the Law of Time and learned from Hong Luo how it related to Cause and Effect. He examined Dai Long’s recovered treasures, including numerous Demon Cores and jade boxes containing human cultivators’ minds and Soul Miniatures, and reacted with rage to the reminder of Dai Long’s massacre.

• Mu Bai spent several days reflecting on his Reincarnations in Dai Long’s Inner World and grasped the essence of the Law of Time, with the beginnings of the Great Dao of Reincarnation.
• Hong Luo explained that she had extended her lifespan by severing unnecessary Cause and Effect and forming beneficial connections, including her connection with Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai retrieved the treasures from the Mustard Seed Bag and found more than thirty Demon Cores, including a Silver-Armored Beast core and Dai Long’s own core.
• Hong Luo identified the jade boxes as containing the minds and Soul Miniatures of nearly a hundred cultivators at Xiu Zun level or higher.
• Remembering Dai Long’s slaughter of a hundred thousand humans, Mu Bai became enraged, while Hong Luo argued that both the Human Race and Beast Race exploited one another to survive.

Mu Bai questioned Hong Luo about the Beast Race’s invasion, then accepted her permission to act freely within her territory and resolved to carve out a safe haven for humans. At Dai Long’s ruined residence, he confronted the human cultivators who still served their Beast Race master and prepared to fight them.

• Hong Luo told Mu Bai that the war between humans and beasts stemmed from the law of survival, though she withheld its deeper reasons, and gave him Dai Long’s treasures for his future breakthrough.
• Hong Luo left Mu Bai free to conquer land within her territory, and Mu Bai decided to establish a pure land for the Human Race.
• Mu Bai found Dai Long’s residence in ruins and saw Jiang Ya bind the surviving slaves and wait for Dai Long’s son, Dai Ming.
• Jiang Ya’s cultivators surrounded Mu Bai after discovering him, and Mu Bai accused them of serving the Beast Race and slaughtering their own people.
• Mu Bai activated his transformation when the cultivators threatened to cut him down.

Mu Bai fought Dai Ming and Jiang Ya, then escaped by burrowing underground as they searched for him. Dai Ming executed a thousand of Jiang Ya’s cultivators and threatened another unit while Jiang Ya continued digging for Mu Bai.

• Mu Bai punched Jiang Ya for serving the beasts and slaughtering his own people, but Dai Ming arrived and ordered Jiang Ya to seize him.
• Mu Bai attacked Dai Ming with his sword, but Jiang Ya and several Human Race cultivators wounded him.
• Mu Bai burrowed underground to escape, and an old Xiu Zun revealed his location to Dai Ming and Jiang Ya.
• Dai Ming gave Jiang Ya one incense stick to capture Mu Bai or face the execution of a thousand cultivators, so Jiang Ya dug through the earth in search of him.
• Dai Ming ordered the execution of a thousand cultivators and threatened another unit, leaving the remaining captives kneeling and awaiting death.

Mu Bai confronted the enslaved cultivators and urged them to defend their dignity, prompting Jiang Ya to kill Dai Ming and the humans to rise in revolt. After Mu Bai recovered from his injuries, he and Jiang Ya planned to unite nearby human forces and seize neighboring territory ahead of the Beast Race’s counterattack.

• Dai Ming ordered the execution of another thousand cultivators, and Jiang Ya begged to be killed in their place.
• Mu Bai revealed himself and urged the enslaved humans to fight for their freedom, and Jiang Ya cleaved Dai Ming in two.
• The cultivators rallied to fight the Beast Race, while Jiang Ya stayed beside the unconscious Mu Bai and Old Xu treated him.
• Three days later, Mu Bai woke and told Jiang Ya to contact nearby human generals and prepare for a joint campaign.
• Mu Bai urged Jiang Ya to seize Dai Zhen’s weak territory, and Jiang Ya agreed to lead the army there.

Mu Bai prepared the human cultivators to resist the allied beast forces, then ordered them to abandon the besieged city and led a breakout. He and Jiang Ya held off Tie Niu as the others escaped, and Mu Bai wounded the Demon General with an Origin Power attack.

• Jiang Ya seized Dai Zhen's manor, and Dai Zhen's cultivators joined the human forces as they prepared for battle.
• Tie Niu surrounded the Dai Ming Territory's main city with over two hundred thousand beasts and besieged it for nearly half a month.
• Mu Bai ordered the human cultivators to bombard one section of the beast camp, then break out through the resulting gap and regroup a hundred li away.
• Mu Bai and Jiang Ya delayed Tie Niu's forces while the human cultivators escaped, then turned to fight Tie Niu together.
• Mu Bai feinted with Chang Feng's Soul Power Light Screen, dodged Tie Niu's club by burrowing underground, and struck the Demon General's hand with a Metal-Origin White Ray.

Mu Bai and Jiang Ya escaped Tie Niu and led the Human Race cultivators in a roaming rebellion that grew to two hundred thousand fighters, including two Dao Zun cultivators. As the Beast Race gathered nearly a million troops and changed to coordinated encirclement tactics, the rebels suffered grievous casualties and struggled to withstand three Demon Generals.

• Mu Bai and Jiang Ya fought Tie Niu until the Human Race cultivators escaped Dai Ming's city, then withdrew and regrouped with their army.
• Mu Bai and Jiang Ya adopted roaming tactics, raiding cities and gathering surrendered Human Race cultivators while avoiding a direct confrontation with the Beast Race.
• Over nearly half a year, the rebel army grew to two hundred thousand, and Yin Hong joined as its second Dao Zun cultivator.
• Artifact Forgers made Soul Treasures for Jiang Ya and Yin Hong, strengthening the rebel army's upper ranks.
• Tie Niu requested reinforcements, bringing the allied Beast Race army to nearly a million troops.
• The Beast Race split its forces into three armies led by Demon Generals and used encirclement and interception tactics, inflicting grievous casualties on the rebels.

Mu Bai led the Human Race army to a fortified city for a decisive stand against three Beast Race armies, but the cultivators’ fear and resignation left him to face Tie Niu alone. As Mu Bai began to falter, Alchemist Old Xu joined the fight with Burst-Explosion Pills, leaving Tie Niu struggling to defend himself.

• Mu Bai positioned his army behind a Thousand-Fathom Wall and a great river as the three Beast Race armies surrounded the city.
• Mu Bai urged the cultivators to fight for their descendants, but their silence showed they expected defeat and feared their soul-controlling Jade Slips.
• Mu Bai challenged Tie Niu and fought him with his Twin Fish Sword and metal Origin Power, but Tie Niu’s armor and World Force overwhelmed him.
• Jiang Ya refused to join the fight, saying the two other Demon Generals would make his help futile, while the cultivators watched Mu Bai weaken.
• Alchemist Old Xu flew to Mu Bai’s aid and hurled Burst-Explosion Pills at Tie Niu, setting him ablaze and forcing him to fend off the attacks.

Mu Bai burned Tie Niu out of his black-gold armor and led the Human Race cultivators into battle, stirring their fighting spirit before recalling them safely to the city. Tie Niu planned to win the rebels back through promises of pardon while Mu Bai prepared the city for another fight.

• Old Xu’s Exploding Pills and Mu Bai’s flames overheated Tie Niu’s black-gold chain mail, forcing him to tear it off before fleeing Mu Bai’s killing strike with serious burns.
• Mu Bai rallied the two hundred thousand cultivators, and Jiang Ya, Yin Hong, and the rebels charged the Beast Race Army in a bloody battle.
• Mu Bai disengaged from a Demon General and sounded the gong to recall the Human Race forces; the Beast Race did not pursue them.
• Tie Niu accepted a subordinate’s plan to offer pardon to the rebel soldiers and wait until their morale weakened before seeking their surrender.
• Mu Bai ordered Artifact Forging masters to make Soul Crystal Cannons overnight and sent cultivators to search for soul crystal mines in the mountains behind the city.

Mu Bai organized the cultivators in the city into a disciplined army, and their defenses repelled Tie Niu’s attempt to force their surrender. As the war at the Lingze Defense Line remained deadlocked, Xing Yun advanced to Xiu Zun and waited for Mu Bai’s return.

• Mu Bai divided the 180,000 cultivators into mobile Combat Squads, which built up the city’s defenses and supplies over ten-odd days.
• The thin-faced half-beast urged Tie Niu to demand the rebels’ surrender, and Tie Niu brought two Demon Generals and several thousand beasts to the city walls.
• Mu Bai fired a Soul Crystal Cannon to interrupt Tie Niu’s speech, and the detachments joined in a barrage that killed or wounded more than half of Tie Niu’s accompanying beasts.
• Tie Niu blamed the thin-faced half-beast for the attack and killed him, while Mu Bai stopped the cultivators from pursuing the retreating enemy and ordered them to prepare for a prolonged defense.
• The war at the Lingze Defense Line remained at a stalemate despite reinforcements, while Xing Yun became a Xiu Zun and waited for Mu Bai to return so she could avenge her tribe.

Mu Lan Pavilion and Ximu City prospered as they supported refugees and the Lingze Defense Line, while Mu Lan found fulfillment in the good her work had done. Chen Shichong grieved his father, Taiyuan Pavilion was destroyed by an unknown force, and Mu Bai continued fighting in the Beast Territory.

• Mu Lan Pavilion expanded across Eastern Ridge and supplied the Lingze Defense Line, while Ximu City flourished under its shared Decision-Making Council.
• Mu Lan Pavilion built cities for refugees in northern Eastern Ridge, and two were named Mu City in honor of Mu Bai and Mu Lan.
• Chen Shichong reached the threshold of the middle stage of the Xiu Zun Realm, then watched his father, Chen Jianli, die and grew more distant from the Sword Sect.
• Taiyuan Pavilion was razed overnight by a supreme expert, and people suspected Mu Lan Pavilion while it made no effort to deny the rumors.
• Wu Meng left the Lingze Defense Line and wandered the wilderness, while Mu Bai remained unaware and led the humans of the Beast Territory in battle.