Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming defeated Lu Yunxuan by seizing his Origin Soul Stele, after which Qing Ping and Qing Dai killed the disarmed Holy Son. Mu Bai and Chen Shichong protected the siblings, and Mu Bai began a public duel with Qian Yuhuang.

• Lu Ming fought Lu Yunxuan through a brutal exchange of punches and used his soul power to take the Origin Soul Stele.
• Lu Ming struck Lu Yunxuan down, leaving him weakened and unable to defend himself.
• Qing Ping and Qing Dai killed Lu Yunxuan, shocking the gathered Holy Sons and Holy Maidens.
• Ling Jinyu blocked Li Ji from attacking the siblings, and Mu Bai and Chen Shichong arrived to protect them.
• Qian Yuhuang attacked Mu Bai, who cast aside his Qianyuan Sacred Land sword and faced him with the Reincarnation Sword.

Eastern Ridge Prodigies battled the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the Venerable Domain, while Chen Shichong faced Xie Beichen. Chen Shichong turned Xie Beichen’s attacks back on him, but Xie Beichen trapped him in illusions with the power of the Grievance Dao.

• Qian Yuhuang and Mu Bai began fighting, while Li Ji and Ling Jinyu battled over Qing Ping and Qing Dai.
• Lu Ming charged at Qian Yuquan, who fled rather than face him.
• Xie Beichen attacked Chen Shichong, but Chen Shichong redirected his sword and sword rays back at him.
• Chen Shichong mocked Xie Beichen and countered his Paper Effigies with a wooden sword and flying wood chips.
• Xie Beichen used the Grievance Dao to draw Chen Shichong into illusions, leaving him dazed as paper figures stabbed at his mind.

Chen Shichong defeated Xie Beichen by breaking free of his illusion and cutting off his sword arm, prompting Mu Bai and Lu Ming to challenge the Venerable Domain fighters together. Qian Yuhuang and Li Ji summoned powerful artifact spirits that wounded the pair, and Lu Ming prepared to slay the dragons while Mu Bai held them off.

• Chen Shichong overcame Xie Beichen's illusion and severed his right arm with a sword strike.
• Mu Bai, Lu Ming, and Ling Jinyu congratulated Chen Shichong as the Venerable Domain fighters reacted to Xie Beichen's defeat.
• Mu Bai and Lu Ming joined forces against Qian Yuhuang and Li Ji, driving them onto the defensive.
• Qian Yuhuang animated the rocks into a Mudstone Giant while Li Ji used her Li Dragon Pearls to shield them.
• Qian Yuhuang and Li Ji released their artifact spirits, grievously wounding Mu Bai and Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming said he would slay the dragons while Mu Bai agreed to hold them off.

Mu Bai and Lu Ming overcame Li Ji and Qian Yuhuang by destroying their soul treasures, breaking the Li Dragon Pearl’s shield, and defeating them in battle. As Lu Ming kicked the badly injured Qian Yuquan into the air, Qian Yuquan feared for his life and Mu Bai shouted, “Die!”

• Mu Bai used the Ancestral Dragon Primordial Spirit to destroy the Yinglong and two Azure Dragon primordial spirits, badly wounding Qian Yuhuang and Li Ji.
• Lu Ming and Mu Bai attacked the Li Dragon Pearl’s light shield, and Chen Shichong’s sword technique helped Mu Bai break it.
• Mu Bai wounded Li Ji and snapped Qian Yuhuang’s Yinglong Longsword, while he and Lu Ming drove their opponents back.
• Qian Yuhuang transformed into a Brown Mudstone Giant and overwhelmed Lu Ming with Qian-Kun power.
• Mu Bai severed Qian Yuhuang’s Kun Earth reinforcement and punched through the giant’s head, leaving Qian Yuhuang gravely injured.
• Lu Ming kicked Qian Yuquan into the air, and Mu Bai shouted for him to die.

Lu Ming killed Qian Yuquan and accepted responsibility for Lu Yunxuan’s death, while Li Dao Hong tried to capture Mu Bai for his abilities. Mu Bai escaped the Supreme’s grasp by severing his hand and ended the chapter by binding Li Ji and throwing her into his Inner World.

• Lu Ming killed Qian Yuquan, prompting Li Dao Hong to warn that the killing would bring trouble to Primordial Soul.
• Lu Ming thanked Li Dao Hong for offering to shield him over Lu Yunxuan’s death, then took responsibility for the matter so Qing Ping and Qing Mao would not be blamed.
• Li Daoyuan tried to seize Mu Bai, but Chen Shichong and Mu Bai attacked to protect him; Li Dao Hong overwhelmed them both.
• Mu Bai used White Spirit Cold Flame to loosen Li Dao Hong’s grip, severed part of his hand with the Reincarnation Sword, and stored the severed piece in his Mustard Seed Bag.
• Li Dao Hong offered Mu Bai Li Ji in marriage, but Mu Bai insulted her and refused; when Li Ji charged at him, he bound her with the Cloud Luo Heavenly Net and threw her into his Inner World.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.