Chapter Summaries

With the cultivator army stalemated against Tie Niu’s forces, Mu Bai met Xiu Zun Xing Yuan, an array master from the Eastern Ridge’s Star Great Tribe, who offered to build a Star Array Puppet capable of confronting a Demon General. Xing Yuan began refining it, while Mu Bai sent cultivators to search for the Metal-Attribute Crystal needed to complete the puppet.

• Tie Niu recruited two Demon Generals, increasing the pressure on Mu Bai’s army as the fighting remained deadlocked.
• Old Xu brought Xiu Zun Xing Yuan to meet Mu Bai, and Xing Yuan wept after learning that Xing Mu had become a Xiu Zun and the Star Great Tribe was thriving.
• Xing Yuan explained that three Peak Xiu Zun could control a Star Array Puppet strong enough to withstand a Demon General.
• Mu Bai gave Xing Yuan the army’s artifact forgers, Array Offering masters, and treasury materials, then sent two companies to search for the required Metal-Attribute Crystal.
• Xing Yuan led the craftsmen in assembling the puppet from black gold, connecting its component arrays, and adding a Water-Fire Grand Array.

Mu Bai led the Human Race cultivator army in a desperate attack against the Beast Race Alliance Army, but the force was nearly surrounded and annihilated. Zhou Qilong arrived with tens of thousands of reinforcements, striking the beast army from behind.

• After the two Cultivator Detachments failed to return, Mu Bai gave his crystal stones to Xiu Zun Xing Yuan to finish the Star Array Puppet and prepared the army to leave the city.
• Mu Bai led a night attack on the beast camp, but Night Patrol Eagles spotted the cultivators, and the Beast Race attacked the city from the mountains behind them.
• Mu Bai and the Star Array Puppet engaged two Demon Generals while Jiang Ya and Yin Hong fought the beast army; the cultivators withdrew into the damaged city after suffering heavy losses.
• When the Beast Race Alliance Army attacked from all sides, Mu Bai ordered the cultivators to break out, and the Star Array Puppet battled Tie Niu at the front.
• With the cultivator army nearly surrounded, Zhou Qilong arrived with tens of thousands of cultivators and attacked the Beast Race Alliance Army from behind.

Zhou Qilong’s arrival helped the human cultivators rout Tie Niu’s army and secure Northern Territory City, which grew into a powerful stronghold. Mu Bai then focused on refining his body, spirit, and three inner demons with Demon Cores while resolving to pursue Dao cultivation through Soul Power rather than his Flesh Body.

• Zhou Qilong joined Mu Bai’s battle, and the human cultivators forced Tie Niu and the other Demon Generals to retreat.
• The humans expanded their city into Northern Territory City, organized their armies under four Dao Zun, and attracted several hundred thousand cultivators.
• Mu Bai used Beast Cores and Demon Cores to temper his body and refine his mind and soul, aiming to create Demon Armor and demonic weapons.
• After exhausting his Demon Transformation Demon Cores, Mu Bai’s flesh approached peak Xiu Zun strength.
• Mu Bai decided not to enter Dao Zun cultivation through his Flesh Body and instead planned to reach peak Soul-Power Xiu Zun through his Fifth Spirit Position.

Mu Bai used the cultivators’ minds and souls left by Dai Long to rapidly strengthen his Soul Power and Mental Power, but the pleasure awakened a dangerous greed that nearly drove him to kill for more. He stopped cultivating this way and went to Northern Territory City, where he learned Jiang Ya had become commander and had claimed the City Lord’s Manor for himself.

• Mu Bai decided not to risk tempering his body with the two powerful Form Transformation Demon Cores and turned his attention to cultivating Soul Power.
• Mu Bai accepted the dead cultivators’ minds and souls as cultivation resources and devoured them, rapidly increasing his Soul Power and Mental Power.
• After consuming the minds and souls over several months, Mu Bai developed an intense craving for more and imagined killing someone to take their soul.
• Mu Bai regained control of himself, stopped cultivating with minds and souls, and left his cave abode for Northern Territory City.
• Mu Bai learned that Jiang Ya was the city’s commander and headed toward the City Lord’s Manor, unaware that Jiang Ya had made it his private stronghold.

Mu Bai discovered that Jiang Ya had become an extravagant and ruthless commander, while Old Xu had lost hope in their rebellion and was near death. After Old Xu died, Mu Bai vowed to return his remains to the Primordial Soul Sect in Eastern Ridge.

• Jiang Ya took command of the cultivator army, assigned Zhou Qilong to farm and mine, and kept Old Xu and the other artisans producing supplies.
• Jiang Ya spent more than a year indulging himself, while Zhou Qilong waited for Mu Bai to emerge from seclusion before deciding whether to leave.
• Mu Bai visited the City Lord's Manor, confronted Jiang Ya's decadent behavior, and left after Jiang Ya allowed him to go.
• Mu Bai found Old Xu bedridden, and Xiu Zun Xing Yuan explained that Old Xu had lost hope of returning to Eastern Ridge because of Jiang Ya.
• Old Xu asked Mu Bai to take his remains to the Primordial Soul Sect, then died peacefully as Mu Bai held his hands.
• Mu Bai vowed to return Old Xu's remains to Eastern Ridge.

Mu Bai accepted Xiu Zun Xing Yuan’s request to deliver a Jade Slip to Xing Mu and kept Old Xu’s ashes to bring home someday. He then joined Zhou Qilong and led an army toward Northern Territory City to take the cultivators seeking refuge in the Human Spirit Domain, where Jiang Ya confronted them and ordered an attack.

• Xiu Zun Xing Yuan explained that the routes back to Eastern Ridge were blocked and entrusted Mu Bai with a Jade Slip for Xing Mu.
• Mu Bai and Xiu Zun Xing Yuan cremated Old Xu and placed his ashes in a jade box before Xiu Zun Xing Yuan departed.
• Mu Bai met Zhou Qilong, agreed to lead the cultivators toward the Human Spirit Domain, and marched with him toward Northern Territory City.
• Jiang Ya aimed the city’s Soul Crystal Cannons at the approaching army and accused Mu Bai of returning without military orders.
• Mu Bai challenged Jiang Ya’s rule and demanded the freedom and dignity of the cultivators, but Jiang Ya refused to let them leave.
• Mu Bai transformed as Jiang Ya called on Yin Hong and Xue Ping to attack him together.

Mu Bai held off Jiang Ya, Yin Hong, and Xue Ping long enough for Zhou Qilong to lead the hundred thousand cultivators away, but he was gravely wounded and lost consciousness. Xiu Zun Xing Yuan rescued him as Xue Ping and Yin Hong killed Jiang Ya and moved to take control of Northern Territory City.

• Mu Bai fought Jiang Ya, Yin Hong, and Xue Ping while Zhou Qilong withdrew with the hundred thousand cultivators.
• Mu Bai wounded Jiang Ya with his Metal-Origin White Rays, but Yin Hong and Xue Ping shattered his shield, broke his Twin Fish Sword, and knocked him unconscious.
• Xue Ping and Yin Hong turned on Jiang Ya and killed him, then agreed to take control of Northern Territory City and its million cultivators.
• Xiu Zun Xing Yuan secretly carried Mu Bai away from the city while Xiu Zun Jiang Ya destroyed the two Star Array Puppets.
• Xue Ping and Yin Hong found Mu Bai missing, but Xue Ping chose to secure command of Northern Territory City instead of launching a large-scale search.

Xiu Zun Xing Yuan died after carrying the gravely wounded Mu Bai into the mountains, where an azure ox cared for Mu Bai until he recovered enough to travel. As the ox carried him deeper into the forest, Mu Bai found warmth and comfort in its company and befriended a rabbit that shared a carrot with him.

• Xiu Zun Xing Yuan carried Mu Bai through the mountains, then died peacefully after laying him down in a safe place.
• The azure ox brought Mu Bai water and spirit herbs and licked his wounds until he slowly recovered.
• Mu Bai reflected on Xiu Zun Xing Yuan's death and the ox's kindness, then understood Hong Luo's words about human and beast nature.
• When winter came, the azure ox carried Mu Bai deeper into the mountains, while Mu Bai watched snow cover Xiu Zun Xing Yuan's body.
• A rabbit befriended Mu Bai and offered him a carrot, whose sweet taste refreshed and nourished him.

Azure Ox carried the gravely injured Mu Bai into a lush valley, where he rested beside a vitality-filled river. At dawn, Azure Ox brought valley animals to welcome him, and a white-furred spirit monkey gave Mu Bai a precious drop of Hundred-Fruit Liquid that began restoring his color.

• The rabbit shared vitality-rich grass with Mu Bai before Azure Ox carried him across a freezing river, and Mu Bai said goodbye to the rabbit.
• Azure Ox climbed a steep cliff with Mu Bai on his back, taking half a day to reach the lush valley beyond.
• Azure Ox laid Mu Bai on blue stone slabs beside a river whose warm vitality soothed him, and both fell asleep.
• At dawn, Azure Ox gathered white-furred spirit monkeys, a grizzly bear, and squirrels to bring Mu Bai wine, fruit, and pinecones.
• A white-furred spirit monkey gave Mu Bai a drop of Hundred-Fruit Liquid, and its potency restored color to his face.

Mu Bai shared monkey wine and grilled fish with the beasts in a peaceful valley until Bai Jun and Xuan'er arrived. Bai Jun healed Mu Bai with a cup of wine and blessed the beasts with power, leaving Mu Bai worried that their old harmony would not last.

• The spirit monkeys brought more monkey wine, and the grizzly caught fish from the river to repay them.
• Mu Bai showed the monkeys how to roast fish with salt, and the beasts gathered to eat and drink together.
• Bai Jun and Xuan'er arrived, and the terrified beasts prostrated themselves before them.
• Bai Jun gave Mu Bai a cup of wine that healed his injuries and restored his powers.
• Bai Jun used his words to turn Azure Ox, the white-furred spirit monkey, and the grizzly into half-demons, then left with Xuan'er after giving Mu Bai a phoenix-held jade cup.
• Mu Bai worried that the beasts’ new power would bring desire and end the valley’s peaceful harmony.

Mu Bai left Everlasting Spring Valley with Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear, carrying the remains of Xiu Zun Xing Yuan and learning that Xue Ping and Yin Hong had seized Northern Territory City. After Mu Bai refused to rescue the captured cultivators and departed, Xue Ping and Yin Hong panicked and prepared the city’s defenses against him and the two half-demons.

• Mu Bai said farewell to Azure Ox, who vowed to protect Everlasting Spring Valley, and set out with Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear.
• Mu Bai found Rabbit asleep in an underground cave, left him an ice carving, then cremated Xiu Zun Xing Yuan and packed his ashes with Old Xu’s.
• Ten Xiu Zun and thousands of cultivators begged Mu Bai to save their eight hundred thousand brothers from Xue Ping and Yin Hong, but Mu Bai refused and left with Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear.
• The cultivators sent word to Xue Ping and Yin Hong that Mu Bai was traveling with two half-demons.
• Xue Ping and Yin Hong ordered the army to assemble and activated Northern Territory City’s defenses, fearing Mu Bai and his companions.

Mu Bai traveled through Hong Luo's territory with the spirit monkey and gray bear, stopping in a city to eat. When Young Master Zhi tried to bully the restaurant proprietor and threatened his clan, Mu Bai ordered nine Long-tailed Pheasants, leaving the young lord terrified and retreating.

• Mu Bai guided the spirit monkey and gray bear through the Beast Territory, teaching them the Space Traversal Technique as they passed through numerous Demon Generals' lands.
• Mu Bai stopped in a city with his companions, and the three entered a restaurant and ordered its signature dishes.
• The spirit monkey rejected the restaurant's wine and brought out Monkey Wine, whose fragrance drew Young Master Zhi and four Half-Beast People inside.
• Young Master Zhi shoved the proprietor, had a wine jar smashed over his head, and threatened to wipe out his clan before noticing Mu Bai and his companions.
• Mu Bai invited Young Master Zhi to share a cup and ordered nine Long-tailed Pheasants, prompting Young Master Zhi and his friends to flee in fear.

Mu Bai accepted Zhi Mu’s request to help secure an ancient Beast Race ruin at Waterflame Mountain, where three clans were competing for its treasures. As the clans’ troops advanced on the mountain, Mu Bai prepared to join the contest, while Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear bickered about the journey and Gray Bear’s gift for Commander Hong Luo.

• After dining at the Second Brother Restaurant, Mu Bai met Zhi Mu, who asked him to help keep the Fire Fox clan from claiming the newly discovered ruins at Waterflame Mountain.
• Zhi Mu explained that the Fire Fox, White Deer, and his own clan would compete for the ruins, and Mu Bai agreed to assist him.
• Mu Bai stayed at the restaurant with Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear, assessed his cultivation, and refined Soul Power medicinal pills.
• Zhi Mu sent word that the three clans’ troops were advancing toward Waterflame Mountain from three directions.
• Gray Bear complained about returning to the mountains, and Spirit Monkey mocked him for planning to visit Commander Hong Luo without a proper gift.
• Gray Bear replied that he had brought fresh monkey brains, leaving Spirit Monkey speechless.

Zhi Mu brought Mu Bai and his companions to Waterflame Mountain, secretly hoping to use the other clans to break the seal and reach the Bifang Ancestral Spirit. As the seal weakened beneath the volcanic lake, the full moon’s reflection began to shine brighter, and the gathered clans waited for what would happen next.

• Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear sparred while Zhi Mu reflected on his plan to activate his clan’s Bifang bloodline by opening the ruins’ seal.
• Mu Bai’s group reached Waterflame Mountain, where Hu Shan and Hu Meier were waiting beside the volcanic lake.
• Hu Shan mocked Zhi Mu and demanded his cooperation, while Zhi Mu concealed that he already knew his father and elder brother had died.
• Bai Ling arrived and praised Hu Shan, but Hu Meier ignored his advances as Zhi Mu grew increasingly tense.
• As the sealing force beneath the lake weakened, Mu Bai held his companions back and waited for an opportunity.
• The full moon’s reflection stayed fixed in the lake and grew brighter as the moon neared the western horizon.

Zhi Mu gained Bifang’s inheritance and escaped the collapsing Bifang Divine Hall, while Mu Bai uncovered the story of Chiru and Origin Water. Their souls reunited and merged in Mu Bai’s Divine Palace, where he inscribed them as his final Soul Mark.

• Zhi Mu used his blood to awaken the Bifang Statue, gained half-demon cultivation and Bifang’s innate Divine Ability, then escaped the Divine Hall with a Bifang Jade Slip.
• Old Fox Mountain, Hu Meier, and Bai Ling fought Mu Bai’s companions, but the seal trapped Old Fox Mountain inside the Divine Hall.
• Mu Bai smashed the Bifang Statue, revealing Chiru’s remains and uncovering how Bifang had used Origin Water to refine Chiru before turning Origin Water into a realm.
• Chiru’s remnant soul entered Mu Bai’s Divine Palace, and Origin Water’s soul followed after the Divine Hall collapsed and its seal vanished.
• Chiru and Origin Water reunited and merged into Origin Water Chiru, which Mu Bai inscribed as his final Soul Mark.

Mu Bai completed his Soul Marks by engraving the Origin Water Chiru’s remnant soul, then continued his journey with Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear. When Old Fox Mountain and his allies joined forces to capture Mu Bai for a reward, Mu Bai killed Zhi Mu and trapped Old Fox Mountain, who unleashed a banner filled with the souls of Northern Territory cultivators.

• Mu Bai awoke after two days with all his spirit positions filled and explained the Origin Water Chiru to Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear, who thought of their absent brother Azure Ox.
• Old Fox Mountain caught up with Zhi Mu, and Hu Meier and Bai Ling joined the battle; the four fought for more than a day before Mu Bai and his companions arrived and left without intervening.
• Old Fox Mountain, Zhi Mu, Hu Meier, and Bai Ling pursued Mu Bai and his companions, then attacked together to capture Mu Bai for a reward from Commander Hong Luo.
• Mu Bai fought Old Fox Mountain and Zhi Mu while Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear battled Hu Meier and Bai Ling; Mu Bai pierced Zhi Mu with Metal-Origin White Rays and killed him with a punch.
• Mu Bai sealed Old Fox Mountain with Five-Colored Light Shields, but Old Fox Mountain released a Soul Banner containing thousands of Northern Territory cultivators’ living souls.

Hong Luo returned triumphantly to the Beast Territory after the Human-Beast War, while Mu Bai learned that the Mu Lan Pavilion was under attack and prepared to return to Eastern Ridge. The chapter ended with the Beast Race welcoming Hong Luo and Mu Bai standing rather than kneeling as her palanquin arrived.

• Mu Bai, Spirit Monkey, and Tie Niu revealed that they had already brought back rhinoceros iron ore, tricking Gray Bear in their contest before they drank together.
• Tie Niu and the beasts traveled north to welcome Hong Luo, while the armistice ceded the Southern Marsh Territory to the Beast Race and left the Mu Lan Pavilion besieged by rival sects.
• Zhou Detai became Sect Master of the Spirit Taming Sect, Zhou Deqi left, and Zhou Dekai returned with Dao Zun Realm cultivation.
• Mu Bai learned that the Mu Lan Pavilion's members were safe despite its dire circumstances and decided it was time to return to Eastern Ridge.
• Tie Niu and the assembled beasts welcomed the returning armies, then knelt as Hong Luo's palanquin approached; Mu Bai remained standing.

After the uprising ended, Hong Luo rewarded her generals and took control of Northern Territory City, entrusting its eight hundred thousand human cultivators to Mu Bai. Mu Bai abolished slavery and established a ten-year peace in his territory, leaving humans and beasts to rebuild and develop.

• Hong Luo celebrated the victory, rewarded Tie Niu with an additional ten-thousand-li fief for the rhinoceros clan, and toasted the fallen.
• Hong Luo asked Mu Bai to accompany her to Northern Territory City, while Spirit Monkey and Gray Bear received general ranks and nearby fiefs.
• Hong Luo invested Xue Ping and Yin Hong as generals in exchange for their eight hundred thousand cultivators, then offered Mu Bai command of Northern Territory City and the army.
• Mu Bai accepted the city on the condition that Hong Luo would not stop him from leaving, and Hong Luo agreed.
• Mu Bai dismissed the manor’s attendants and slaves, abolished slavery across his territory, and declared humans and beasts equal in access to land and resources.
• Mu Bai prohibited mutual slaughter for ten years, allowing human factions and trades to flourish while permitting beasts to migrate or develop their own factions.

Mu Bai founded the Northern Territory Sect, which grew to a million cultivators and became a major power with Zhou Qilong handling its affairs. A red-robed elder arrived to challenge the sect, tested its fighters, and began battling Zhou Qilong at the gates.

• Mu Bai reorganized his army into the Northern Territory Sect, whose cultivators used local herb fields and traded for materials to produce pills, Soul Soldiers, and weapons.
• Zhou Qilong returned with a group, and Mu Bai entrusted him with the sect’s administration so he could focus on cultivation.
• A red-robed elder challenged the sect, repelled a hundred guards, and fought four Xiu Zun elders while teaching them the Green Duckweed Sword Art.
• Zhou Qilong confronted the elder and attacked with a sword, a curved saber, and a lightning-wreathed fist, but the elder stopped his weapons and shielded Zhou Qilong’s wrist.

True Person Chihuo joined the Northern Territory Sect, freed Zhou Qilong, and helped Mu Bai advance his Soul Spirit techniques while supporting his goal of peace between humans and beasts. Two years later, Mu Bai prepared to return to Eastern Ridge and went to the Scripture Repository to study formations.

• True Person Chihuo severed Zhou Qilong’s connection to his Slave Soul and learned how Mu Bai had founded the Northern Territory Sect.
• Mu Bai welcomed True Person Chihuo and described his wish for humans and beasts to live as one family; Chihuo pledged to help him achieve it and joined the sect.
• True Person Chihuo taught Mu Bai to reverse-control his Soul Spirits, enabling him to use their powers and form a self-contained realm with the Void Beast’s abilities.
• Mu Bai combined the Origin Water Chiru’s power with the Divine Crow Divergent Flame and created the White Spirit Cold Flame.
• After two more years, Mu Bai decided to return to Eastern Ridge and visited the Scripture Repository to study formations that might help him cross the Jialan and Lingze defense lines.