Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mu Bai left Qingtian and traveled east as the Human Race Alliance took over Mu Lan Pavilion’s businesses and prepared for a major war. He sent clones across the Eastern Ridge and returned to the Spirit Taming Sect, where its wary disciples refused to let him in until he revealed his overwhelming Dao Ling pressure.

• Qingtian left Mu Bai’s flying pleasure boat after Mu Bai explained that he needed essence blood to perfect his Heavenly Demon cultivation.
• Rao Lin established the Human Race Alliance, took control of Mu Lan Pavilion’s businesses in ninety-seven cities, and renamed them the Human Origin Pavilion as war preparations spread.
• Mu Bai traveled east by pleasure boat with Mu Lan, Zeng Yuan, and Golden Roc, then sent three clones out near Fuhu Mountain to investigate the region.
• Mu Bai’s clone arrived at the Spirit Taming Sect and found that Zhou Dekai had strengthened the sect, which was preparing to occupy nearby abandoned sect sites.
• The Spirit Taming Sect’s patrol challenged Mu Bai, refused to announce him, and remained suspicious even after he gave his name.
• Mu Bai released his Dao Ling pressure, making the Sect-Guarding Grand Formation falter and leaving the patrol cultivators trembling.

Mu Bai returned to the Spirit Taming Sect, where its elders welcomed him and offered him a higher position, which he declined. He revisited his old cave abode, the Pill Hall, and Qing Mao Residence, where he reunited with Zhu Da, Wang Chong, and Qing Mao’s aged descendants and companions.

• Mu Bai arrived at the Spirit Taming Sect, and Zhou Wu and Xiong Ji opened the protective formation and welcomed him inside.
• Zhou Wu offered Mu Bai the position of Spirit Command Grand Elder, but Mu Bai declined and accepted his preserved Elder Token instead.
• Xiong Ji took Mu Bai to his old cave abode on Hundred Flowers Peak, where they reflected on his early years in the sect.
• Mu Bai encountered the elderly Zhu Da in the Pill Hall and spoke pleasantly with its Hall Master, Wang Chong.
• Mu Bai visited Qing Mao Residence, where more than a hundred elderly women and Qing Mao’s descendants welcomed him and received soul crystals.

Mu Bai reunited with Qing Mao’s family, healed Mi Yan, and moved the 473 residents of the Qing Mao Residence to Flower Ravine Creek Valley. There, the family began building a new home, while Mu Lan chose to settle with them.

• Mu Bai learned how the Qing Mao Residence had struggled during his absence and treated Mi Yan’s damaged mind and legs with medicinal pills.
• Mu Bai bought Flower Ravine Creek Valley from Zhou Wu and brought all 473 residents there aboard the Soul Boat.
• Mu Lan and Mi Yan grew close, and the residents joyfully explored the valley and settled beside the stream.
• Golden Roc entertained the children in the shape of a big yellow dog, earning the name Dog Demon.
• Mu Lan agreed to settle in the valley, while Mu Bai, Zeng Yuan, and the others began building a home by hand.

Mu Bai returned to the Haibei Tribe and reunited with Hai Zhan and his brothers after decades apart. As the family gathered for a meal, he was surprised to see Ling'er, who tearfully apologized for losing him years ago.

• Mu Bai returned to the Haibei Tribe and found Hai Zhan waiting beneath the pearwood tree.
• Mu Bai embraced the two young boys and greeted the women who were Hai Qing and Hai Dong's wives.
• Hai Zhan welcomed Mu Bai, shared his Monkey Wine, and told him Hai Chen had already returned.
• Mu Bai and Hai Chen reunited with an embrace, then Hai Dong and Hai Qing arrived and joined their brothers.
• The family gathered to eat, and Mu Bai saw Ling'er carrying a dish; she apologized for losing him years earlier.

The Haibei Tribe reunited for a night of shared grief and happiness as Hai Zhan toasted their ancestors and Ling'er embraced her family after more than fifty years away. Hai Chen confronted Mu Bai over his past treatment of Ling'er, but Hai Zhan and Ling'er stopped the conflict, and the family ended the night toasting the tribe together.

• Hai Chen welcomed Mu Bai home and teased him about abandoning Ling'er, while the family gathered to eat and drink.
• Hai Zhan led the family in toasts to their ancestors and the heroic spirits of the Haibei Tribe, mourning those they had lost and celebrating the descendants who had returned.
• Ling'er embraced Hai Zhan, Hai Qing, Hai Dong, Hai Chen, and finally Mu Bai, apologizing and weeping after waiting more than fifty years to reunite with her brother.
• Hai Chen hurled a wine jar toward Mu Bai and told him he was no longer worthy of Ling'er, but Mu Bai accepted the rebuke and let her go.
• Hai Zhan separated Hai Chen and Mu Bai, and Ling'er urged them not to spoil their reunion; Hai Chen apologized, and both brothers drank together.
• Mu Bai filled bowls for Hai Zhan and his siblings, and the family raised a final toast to the tribe as their laughter returned.

Mu Bai and Hai Chen parted after discussing the coming conflict, Ling'er, and the fate of the world, while Mu Bai remained uncertain about his own choices. He settled people in Flower Ravine Creek Valley and advanced the cultivation of his Inner World, but faced a new dilemma over which Soul Spirits to inscribe on five children.

• Mu Bai and Hai Chen discussed the coming battle, the world's destined end, and their differing plans before Hai Chen left with Ling'er in the Dragon-Phoenix Carriage.
• Hai Zhan supported Mu Bai as he continued to consider whether he might make the wrong decision.
• Mu Bai settled people in Flower Ravine Creek Valley, concealed it with the Five Elements Spirit-Evolving Formation, and began cultivating his Inner World toward perfection.
• Mu Bai's clone guided the children in cultivation while his true body immersed himself in the Inner World's development.
• When five children reached the age for Soul Awakening, Artifact Spirit Ancestor urged Mu Bai to inscribe golden crows, but Mu Bai worried that doing so would create a misunderstanding about his ties to the Haibei Tribe.

Mu Bai faced a sudden attack in Flower Ravine Creek Valley while deciding whether five children would receive Soul Marks from Artifact Spirit Ancestor or Golden Roc. After rescuing the children and fighting off the first assault, he exposed three masked attackers, who claimed to be from the Qianyuan Sacred Land.

• Artifact Spirit Ancestor argued with Mu Bai about claiming the five children, then chased Golden Roc through the valley in their transformed forms.
• Mu Bai asked the children to choose between the Golden Crow and Big Yellow, and they chose Big Yellow; Golden Roc revealed his roc form to impress them.
• Three masked attackers emerged from concealment and attacked Mu Bai, while Artifact Spirit Ancestor used the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron to shield the valley’s houses.
• Mu Bai broke the attackers’ earth light wheel, dodged their Yinglong Swords with the Celestial Person Spirit Evolution formation diagram, and cut away their masks.
• The three revealed themselves as old men and claimed to be from the Qianyuan Sacred Land, but Mu Bai doubted their identities as they launched another barrage of light wheels.

The Artifact Spirit Ancestor and Mu Bai stopped an attack on Flower Ravine Creek Valley, while Hai Zhan confronted two Qianyuan Sacred Land assailants at the Haibei Tribe. Hai Zhan stood alone against them after sending Hai Qing and Hai Dong back to protect their families.

• The Artifact Spirit Ancestor shielded the valley’s houses with the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron and killed three earth dragons as Mu Bai fought off three attackers.
• Mu Bai struck the attackers away, and they fled through the void; he then scattered gold sand from the Mustard Seed Bag to guard the valley.
• Two black-clad figures entered the Haibei Tribe and prepared to attack Mu Bai, but a wooden board warned them that trespassers would die.
• Hai Zhan appeared and attacked the intruders after they threatened the tribe, and they revealed their Qianyuan Sacred Land robes while fighting back.
• Hai Qing and Hai Dong arrived to help, but Hai Zhan sent them back into the tribe and faced the two attackers alone.

Hai Zhan killed two black-clad attackers who threatened the Haibei Tribe, and peace returned to Flower Ravine Creek Valley as Mu Bai awakened five children. While waiting to learn whether they would enter cultivation, Mu Bai left the valley with Big Yellow Dog and visited the thriving Southern Marsh City.

• Hai Zhan killed both black-clad attackers after one tried to escape, then reassured Hai Qing and Hai Dong that the Haibei Tribe was safe.
• Zeng Yuan and the valley residents planted herbs and crops, built a waterwheel, and established a peaceful daily life in Flower Ravine Creek Valley.
• Mu Bai performed Soul Awakening for five children and waited for them to attempt inscribing Soul Marks before the new year.
• Mu Bai left Flower Ravine Creek Valley with Big Yellow Dog and headed north through Eastern Ridge.
• Mu Bai found that the two Mu Cities had merged into Southern Marsh City, where statues honored him and Mu Lan for helping the refugees build a new home.
• Mu Bai and Big Yellow Dog stopped at a street stall and ordered hot tofu pudding.

Mu Bai encountered his former associate Wang Feng, who had lost his livelihood and wife Caiwei after the Human Race Coalition Army took over Mu Lan Pavilion’s businesses. After hearing that the statues of Mu Bai and Mu Lan were to be destroyed, Wang Feng decided he could no longer bear to stay in Mu Lan City, while Mu Bai left soul crystals for him and departed.

• Golden Roc enjoyed tofu pudding with Mu Bai at Wang Feng’s stall as townspeople discussed a mounted party heading to tear down the statues of Mu Zun and Shopkeeper Mu Lan.
• Wang Feng argued with Mu Bai about his remarks, then revealed that he and Caiwei had managed Mu Lan Pavilion’s businesses in Ximu City before the Human Race Coalition Army confiscated their assets and dismissed them.
• Wang Feng told Caiwei’s portrait that the destruction of the statues made Mu Lan City feel unwelcoming, while Mu Bai watched from outside with Golden Roc.
• Mu Bai left a bag of soul crystals outside Wang Feng’s door and departed with Golden Roc.
• Wang Feng said he would go to join Caiwei, unable to bear the thought of the statues being destroyed.