Chapter Summaries

Mu Bai exposed Wei Xianchun and Lan Zinuo’s conspiracy on Kun Third Peak, then comforted Wei Yingmei before returning to Heaven Beyond the Clouds. There, he spotted Hu Meier heading to the secret treasury to obtain potent medicinal ingredients for Qian Hao and approached her.

• Dugu Wentian beat Wei Xianchun and forced him to confess that Lan Zinuo had conspired with him to kill Xuan Jingnian and take control of Third Peak.
• Lan Zinuo admitted her role in the plot, while Wei Yingmei saw her father’s disgrace and left in tears.
• Mu Bai followed Wei Yingmei, promised he would return for her, and gave her a flower ornament before leaving the Kunling Sect.
• Mu Bai returned to Heaven Beyond the Clouds and watched a secluded peak until he saw Hu Meier heading toward the Teleportation Array.
• Hu Meier went to the secret treasury to choose medicinal ingredients for Qian Hao, and Mu Bai approached her and touched her cheek.

Mu Bai, disguised as Xuan Jingnian, accompanied Hu Meier to Cloud Qian Peak and tested the authority of the Sacred Land by confronting Qian Hao’s guard. A Sacred Land summons brought the Kunling Sect to Kun Cloudmist Terrace, where a grand procession arrived and the sect awaited its envoys.

• Hu Meier recognized Mu Bai beneath his disguise, welcomed his flirtation, and took him toward Cloud Qian Peak.
• The Gray-Robed Qian Slave tried to kill Mu Bai, but Xie Qingyun intervened and implied Mu Bai would soon join the Sacred Land.
• A voice summoned everyone in the Kunling Sect to Kun Cloudmist Terrace, and Xie Qingyun invited Mu Bai and Hu Meier onto the Rainbow Phoenix chariot.
• The Gray-Robed Qian Slave brought the battered Qian Hao to the terrace, while Xing Yun followed with the attendants.
• Millions of Kunling Sect members gathered before the platform as a grand Golden Chariot drawn by four Yinglong arrived with Sacred Land cultivators flying behind it.

Xuan Jingnian was named Qian Jingnian, the Third Holy Son of Qianyuan Sacred Land, at a grand ceremony in Kunling Sect. After Qian Hao insulted him, Mu Bai kicked him into the sky, and news of the appointment stirred the Venerable Domain as other powers suspected a connection to the Devil Race.

• Bai Yan and Bai Ying welcomed the arrivals at Kun Cloudmist Terrace, where disciples were astonished by Xuan Jingnian’s arrival in a chariot driven by Xie Qingyun.
• A Red-Patterned Brown-Robed Man proclaimed Xuan Jingnian the Third Holy Son, bestowed the surname Qian, and announced his gifts from Qianyuan Sacred Land.
• Qian Hao questioned the announcement and called the Third Holy Son dead, prompting the four Qian Slaves to attack him and the Gray-Robed Qian Slave to die shielding him.
• Mu Bai identified Qian Hao’s words as a threat, activated Gods and Devils Transformation, and kicked him beyond the clouds.
• The Red-Patterned Brown-Robed Man declared Qian Hao deserving of execution, and the Kunling Sect disciples shouted allegiance to Qian Jingnian.
• News of Qian Jingnian’s appointment spread across the Eastern Ridge, and other powers began investigating his background and Qianyuan Sacred Land’s suspected connection to the Devil Race.

Mu Bai traveled toward the Silver Frost Forest in Qian Jingnian’s guise, flaunting his status as the Qianyuan Sacred Land’s Third Holy Son. At Treasure-Gathering City, he met the Hundred Refinement Sect and heard its report on investigations into the demonic tunnel at Zhu Bei Peak.

• Mu Bai ignored Ancestor Bai Yan’s warning and set out for the Silver Frost Forest with Xing Yun, Hu Meier, Qian Dezhong, and the Qian Slaves.
• The Qianyuan Sacred Land’s grand procession drew crowds across Eastern Ridge as Mu Bai relaxed with Xing Yun and Hu Meier and held a banquet in the chariot.
• Mu Bai chose to enter Treasure-Gathering City to rest and learn about recent developments, and the Hundred Refinement Sect welcomed him at the gates.
• Mu Bai paraded through the city between Xing Yun and Hu Meier, then met with Bai Qinghong and the Hundred Refinement Sect inside a guarded restaurant.
• Bai Qinghong and Bailianzi reported that several powers had investigated the demonic tunnel on Zhu Bei Peak, but none had made significant discoveries.

Mu Bai learned that the Eastern Nether Great Tribe and White Wolf Tribe had been slaughtered, and he suspected his brother Hai Chen had avenged their clan. After traveling to the Silver Frost Forest with Xing Yun and Hu Meier, Mu Bai embraced the happiness he found in their company.

• Bai Qinghong told Mu Bai that the Eastern Nether Great Tribe and the White Wolf Tribe had both been slaughtered, leading Mu Bai to suspect Hai Chen was responsible.
• Bailianzi praised Mu Bai as courageous, strategic, affectionate, and loyal, and Mu Bai drew him into drinking until he became drunk.
• Xing Yun and Hu Meier helped Mu Bai to bed, while Hu Meier kept watch outside through the night.
• Mu Bai woke worried that his identity as the Qianyuan Sacred Land's Third Holy Son would bring danger, but he still set out for the Silver Frost Forest with Xing Yun and Hu Meier.
• Mu Bai watched Xing Yun and Hu Meier play in the snow, then joined them and gathered them into his arms.

Mu Bai and the Qianyuan Sacred Land party provoked the Demon Spirit Hall with their Divine Sense, and Long Qichen confronted them. Just as Long Qichen was about to attack, Qi Zhenzi intervened, sparing them and forcing Long Qichen to take them to the hall.

• Mu Bai searched the Silver Frost Forest for Mu Lan and the others, while Qian Dezhong used the Qian Disk to investigate the area.
• A powerful Divine Sense struck Qian Dezhong and the four Qian Slaves, and they tried to flee before Long Qichen stopped them.
• Long Qichen shattered their protective Light Screen and demanded that the person inside the chariot identify himself.
• Mu Bai stepped forward, named himself Qian Jingnian, and offered to accept punishment on behalf of the others.
• Qi Zhenzi appeared, challenged Long Qichen over the dragon whelps he had eaten, and insisted that Long Qichen take them to the Demon Spirit Hall.

Mu Bai and his companions arrived at the Demon Spirit Hall, where Long Qichen and Qi Zhenzi visited Old Lady Wang among an unlikely gathering of powerful beasts. Mu Bai recognized Old Lady Wang and Mu Lan, met the Golden Roc in its dog form, and saw Red Dance arrive as the chapter ended with Long Qichen following the furious Old Lady Wang inside.

• Long Qichen and Qi Zhenzi headed to the Demon Spirit Hall, and Mu Bai followed with his companions in the Yinglong War Chariot.
• Mu Bai recognized Old Lady Wang as the granny who had once sheltered him and Golden Roc, while Long Qichen tried to calm her anger at Qi Zhenzi's arrival.
• Qi Zhenzi ate Old Lady Wang's food and mocked the old yellow dog, which transformed into Golden Roc before Mu Bai fed it a medicinal pill.
• Mu Bai recognized Mu Lan when she brought out the chicken and snake casserole, and Old Lady Wang objected to the growing number of visitors.
• Red Dance arrived and greeted the Golden Roc, while Old Lady Wang blamed Long Qichen for the gathering and Qi Zhenzi threatened to stew her chicks.
• Long Qichen hurried after Old Lady Wang when she went into the cottage, and a loud smack followed.

Mu Bai and his companions shared a lively meal and an overnight gathering with Qi Zhenzi, Zeng Yuan, and the others in the Silver Frost Forest. At dawn, Hu Meier and Xing Yun stayed behind, while Mu Bai and the rest departed for the Sacred Land.

• Zeng Yuan and his companions returned with game, and Xi Bazì broke the awkward silence by teasing Qi Zhenzi for wine.
• Mu Bai had wine brought from the chariot, and the group gathered around a fire to roast meat and drink together.
• Qi Zhenzi joined the meal, while Mu Bai exchanged bowls with his friends and Qian Dezhong gradually relaxed among the powerful guests.
• The group stayed through the snowy night, and the four Qian Slaves kept watch beneath the snow.
• Hu Meier asked to remain in the forest, and Mu Bai granted her request and left Xing Yun with her.
• Qian Dezhong drove the Yinglong as Mu Bai and the others left the Demon Spirit Hall in the Golden Chariot.

Chen Shichong led a rebellion against the Beishan Household at the Sword Sect, fighting Beishan Lie for the Chen Household’s freedom. The battle ended when Beishan Lie used a Bronze Mirror to strike Chen Shichong with a White Ray, and Chen Shichong vanished.

• Mu Lan reunited with Xing Yun and Hu Meier, while Red Dance joked about Golden Roc and everyone celebrated at the Thatched Cottage.
• Mu Lan and her companions traveled to the Silver Frost Forest, met Golden Roc and Granny Blood Phoenix, and reunited with Mu Bai at the Demon Spirit Hall.
• Mu Bai worried about Chen Qi, who was at the Sword Sect with Chen Shichong after the siblings broke with the Beishan Household.
• Chen Shichong gathered a hundred thousand cultivators at the Sword Sect’s Third Peak and demanded that the Chen Household be allowed to leave peacefully.
• Beishan Fengyun challenged Chen Shichong to fight his son Beishan Lie, and the two swordsmen clashed using their households’ signature techniques.
• Beishan Lie brought out a Bronze Mirror and fired a White Ray at Chen Shichong, whose figure vanished in the light.

Chen Shichong and Chen Qi led the Chen Household’s children in a breakout from the Sword Sect as Mu Lan Pavilion and Earthfire City arrived to help. The Sword Sect’s hidden reserves turned the battle against them, and Chen Qi summoned a mysterious senior for aid.

• Chen Shichong killed Beishan Lie, then fought Beishan Fengyun while Chen Qi led a hundred thousand Chen Household cultivators south in a breakout.
• Yan Yan arrived with Mu Lan Pavilion cultivators, and Ji Yang and Ji Ruxia brought Earthfire City forces to reinforce the Chen Household.
• Ji Yang offered to help Chen Shichong, who asked him to protect Chen Qi and Ji Ruxia while he fought Beishan Fengyun.
• Beishan Fengyun crushed the Sect Master Token and summoned the Sword Sect’s hidden reserves, including his father Beishan Xiong and three Dao Zun peak cultivators.
• Beishan Fengyun wounded Chen Shichong and stamped him into the ground as the hidden reserves inflicted heavy casualties on the allied forces.
• Chen Qi burned a ring of black hair to summon dark clouds and asked a benevolent senior to help protect the Chen Household.

Madam Seven Emotions destroyed the Beishan Household’s resistance, allowing the Chen Household to take control of the Sword Sect and reunite Chen Shichong with Ji Ruxia and Mu Fei. As Chen Qi pursued the departing Beishan Household to avenge her father, an Yinglong Chariot arrived, and Beishan Xiong appealed to its Venerable Domain senior for help.

• Madam Seven Emotions accepted Chen Qi’s promise to withdraw from the man and killed three Dao Zun peak cultivators, leaving Beishan Xiong alive but reduced to a head.
• Beishan Xiong surrendered the Sword Sect to the Chen Household, and the disciples knelt to recognize its new rule.
• Chen Shichong reunited with Ji Ruxia and learned that Mu Fei was his son, while Mu Bai traveled toward the Northern Plains with Qian Dezhong and the Qianyuan Sacred Land’s escort.
• Chen Shichong let the Beishan Household leave, but Chen Qi followed its direct lineage to avenge her father.
• An Yinglong Chariot stopped before the Beishan Household, and Beishan Xiong identified himself as Beishandao’s descendant and begged its Venerable Domain senior for help.

Mu Bai reunited with Chen Qi after destroying the Beishan Household, then left for the Venerable Domain with Qian Dezhong and the Qian Slaves. Their journey was ambushed inside the Purifying Bottle, but Mu Bai faced its thunderbolts with his Heavenly Demon body and True Method of Controlling Thunder, emerging unharmed as the storm subsided.

• Mu Bai crushed Beishan Xiong’s head and ordered Qian Dezhong to kill the Beishan Household, then drove Beishan Fengyun back.
• Mu Bai recognized Chen Qi, kissed her, and departed the Sword Sect with the Yinglong Chariot while Chen Qi and Chen Shichong watched.
• Mu Bai asked about the Northern Plains’ sacred lands, then ordered the chariot toward the Venerable Domain rather than attacking the Ice Palace’s Sacred Hall.
• A hidden attacker trapped the Yinglong Chariot inside the Purifying Bottle and unleashed a storm of lightning that killed the accompanying servants and maids.
• Mu Bai left the chariot and endured the lightning with his Heavenly Demon body and True Method of Controlling Thunder until the sky cleared.

Mu Bai and the Qianyuan Sacred Land party were ambushed by several masked groups in the Venerable Domain, but Mu Bai used the Sacred Lord’s Avatar Jade Slip to survive and help defeat the attackers. Qian Fengshan’s phantom then exposed another hidden enemy, and Lu Changlin of the Primordial Soul Sacred Land emerged.

• Mu Bai and his party crossed a domain gate into the Venerable Domain, where seven white-clad attackers struck from the sky.
• Qian Dezhong and the Qian Slaves fought the attackers as five bronze-masked figures and further enemies joined the ambush.
• A black-robed attacker appeared before Mu Bai and seemed to turn him to ash, but Mu Bai’s trick let him stab the man from behind; the attacker’s turn flung the sword into the brown-robed Qian Slave, killing him.
• Mu Bai summoned Qian Fengshan’s phantom with the Avatar Jade Slip, and the Sacred Lord wounded the black-robed attacker and killed a hidden white-robed enemy.
• Mu Bai killed the wounded black-robed man, while the Gray-Robed Qian Slave crushed the other five masked figures; Qian Fengshan’s phantom then revealed Lu Changlin, Grand Elder of the Primordial Soul Sacred Land.

After Qian Fengshan’s phantom routed the attackers, Mu Bai arrived at the Qianyuan Sacred Land and was challenged by Eleventh Holy Son Qian Xuan. Their fight began, ending with Mu Bai’s Demon Sword striking Qian Xuan’s defensive robes.

• Qian Fengshan’s phantom frightened the attackers, and Qian Dezhong and the Qian Slaves killed them before the group entered the Domain Gate.
• Mu Bai arrived at the Qianyuan Sacred Land’s Three Heavens of Biluo, where Qian Dezhong took leave of him.
• Qian Xuan blocked Mu Bai and mocked his appointment as Third Holy Son, while Mu Bai declared that he had killed Qian Hao and would not stay low-profile.
• Qian Yuwen arrived and offered to test Mu Bai, but Qian Xuan insisted on fighting him himself.
• Mu Bai used Heavenly Demon Transformation and cut Qian Xuan’s cheek before they traded attacks with their swords.
• Mu Bai thrust the Demon Sword at Qian Xuan, but the Holy Son’s gold-patterned robes stopped it.

Mu Bai arrived at Qianyuan Sacred Land and humiliated Qian Xuan and Qian Yuwen after they challenged him. He left for Third Holy Son Peak, then learned that many Holy Sons had powerful family backgrounds and vowed to enjoy himself anyway.

• Mu Bai challenged Qian Xuan and Qian Yuwen to attack together, then used Qian Xuan's sword to nearly strike Qian Yuwen before Lan Bingzhong intervened.
• Mu Bai interpreted Lan Bingzhong's warning against killing Holy Sons as permission to cripple them, then knocked Qian Yuwen down and trampled him.
• Mu Bai dragged Qian Xuan back, threatened to record their humiliation, and made Qian Xuan bark and Qian Yuwen cluck before letting them go.
• Mu Bai flew to Third Holy Son Peak, while the other Holy Sons hurried away after he left.
• Mu Bai asked the Qian Slaves about the Holy Sons' backgrounds, then declared that he would run wild at Qianyuan Sacred Land.

Mu Bai welcomed Qian Fengming with a respectful display and used wine and shared confessions to win his uncle’s sympathy. When Qian Yuwen arrived expecting his father to defend him, Qian Fengming instead ordered him to apologize to Mu Bai.

• Mu Bai greeted Qian Fengming respectfully and described feeling isolated while waiting for the Sacred Lord’s summons.
• Qian Fengming advised Mu Bai to conceal his ambitions and endure hardships, then accepted Mu Bai’s offer to drink Mountain, Sea, Wind, and Rain.
• Mu Bai and Qian Fengming drank together, bonded over their past struggles, and began addressing each other as brothers.
• When Mu Bai suggested apologizing to Qian Yuwen, Qian Fengming stopped him and said Qian Yuwen should come apologize instead.
• Qian Yuwen arrived at Third Holy Son Peak and demanded that Qian Fengming seek justice for him, but Qian Fengming ordered him to apologize to Mu Bai.

Mu Bai spent two years cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body in the Sacred Land’s time-accelerated chamber before the Sacred Lord summoned him. At Qianyuan Palace, Qian Fengshan confirmed that Mu Bai had cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body, not the evil demon form others suspected.

• Qian Fengming got drunk with Mu Bai, insisted Qian Yuwen treat him as an uncle, and later avoided Mu Bai’s invitation to drink again.
• The Artifact Spirit Ancestor advised Mu Bai to remain patient while the Sacred Land delayed making arrangements for him.
• Mu Bai entered secluded cultivation and refined Demon Cores in a chamber where two years passed during just over two months outside.
• A Qian Slave reported that the Sacred Lord had summoned Mu Bai, who traveled to Qianyuan Palace as disciples whispered about his evil demon reputation.
• Qian Fengshan praised Mu Bai for cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body and explained that he had only admitted him to the Sacred Land after sensing its aura.

Qian Fengshan brought Mu Bai to the Sacred Spirit Dao Ground, where he met the leaders of rival Sacred Lands and became inexplicably drawn to Li Muxue. His impulsive attempt to take her hand earned him a slap and a stern warning from the Mysterious Female Gate.

• Qian Fengshan examined Mu Bai’s Demon Cores, promised to provide more, and said he would take him to the Sacred Spirit Dao Ground.
• Qian Yuquan returned and introduced himself as Mu Bai’s second brother before joining Qian Fengshan, Mu Bai, and eight elders on the journey.
• The group reached the peak and met Lu Changsheng and other members of the Primordial Soul Sacred Land beneath a massive green pine.
• Huihai Holy Mother arrived with Li Muxue, and Mu Bai recognized her from visions of repeated reincarnations and reached to take her hand.
• Huihai Holy Mother slapped Mu Bai, ordered him to stay away from Li Muxue, and Qian Fengshan made him apologize.

At the Sacred Spirit Dao Ground, the factions’ Holy Sons and Holy Maidens tested their strength before the gathering turned to the Sacred Spirit’s teachings. Mu Bai recognized how far he lagged behind them, then listened as the Dao’s voice explained the origin of the world and the principles of nonaction.

• Qian Fengshan warned the factions not to harm Qian Jingnian, while Lu Changsheng mocked Qian Yuan and the two Sacred Lords argued over the devil race supreme inheritance.
• Lu Shaolin challenged Qian Yuquan, and the two Holy Sons fought evenly with their inherited weapons until they were told not to use Dao arts at the Sacred Spirit Dao Ground.
• The Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the Li Dragon Tribe, Heaven-Worshipping Sect, and Mysterious Female Gate fought, and Mu Bai watched Li Muxue and Xie Wanru battle.
• Li Dao Hong ended the contests and instructed everyone to quiet their minds and prepare for the Sacred Spirit’s voice.
• The Sacred Spirit’s voice taught that the Dao was the origin of heaven and earth and all things, then explained that nonaction and freedom from desire brought order.

Mu Bai’s Inner World began evolving after the World Tree resonated with the Great Dao, and a golden Dao-Proving Fruit appeared before the leaders of five Sacred Land powers. Mu Bai swallowed it and entered Reincarnation, leaving the leaders divided over whether to protect him or kill him.

• Mu Bai’s World Tree split the chaos in his Inner World, awakening life and setting him on the path of Yuan Zun.
• The five power leaders fought over a golden Dao-Proving Fruit that ripened on the green pine.
• As the fruit plunged everyone into the River of Time, a white-clad figure pulled Mu Bai from oblivion, and he seized and swallowed the fruit.
• Mu Bai entered a deep state of Reincarnation as his Inner World cycled through withering and flourishing.
• Qian Fengshan and Xie Tianqiong shielded Mu Bai, while Li Dao Hong, Lu Changsheng, and Huihai Holy Mother argued that he had to be killed.