Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen survived the chaos by retreating to his sea-of-clouds pool, where he used the Star Sea Fishing System to gain treasures and cultivation while refusing its dangerous invitations. As the Great Dragon-Han Tribulation neared its end, he opened his eyes and released a formidable pressure.

• Mu Chen fled back to his pool after witnessing Pangu create heaven and nearly having his spirit destroyed by the aftershock.
• After fishing for three hundred years, Mu Chen obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying and rejected the system's offer to send him against innate godfiends.
• Mu Chen chose to fish for a cultivation method and spent the following centuries cultivating in seclusion.
• When the system offered him a chance to join the First Dragon-Han Tribulation, Mu Chen stayed in seclusion and continued cultivating.
• Mu Chen rejected further offers to join the Qilin Race or interfere in the conflict between Hongjun and Luohu, choosing instead to improve his cultivation and defenses.
• As the Great Dragon-Han Tribulation neared its end, Mu Chen opened his eyes and a formidable pressure spread through the area.

Mu Chen broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm and gained Quasi-Sage-level power within his upgraded Cloud Sea Grand Formation. A wounded qilin collapsed outside the formation, and a huge dragon arrived to pursue it, wary of Mu Chen.

• Mu Chen reached the initial Heavenly Immortal realm after thousands of years of cultivation.
• After another thousand years of fishing, Mu Chen upgraded the sea of clouds into a formation that gave him Quasi-Sage-level power within its bounds.
• Mu Chen tested his control over the formation, shaping the clouds into buildings and making them vanish.
• A fire-wreathed qilin landed outside the sea of clouds and attacked it, but the formation swallowed its true fire.
• The wounded qilin collapsed, and Mu Chen realized it had fled there after a fierce battle.
• A ten-thousand-zhang dragon pursued the qilin and grew wary when it could not sense Mu Chen.

Mu Chen initially refused to protect a wounded qilin from the dragon race, but the system’s promised rewards changed his mind. He lured Ao Tian into the Cloud Sea Grand Formation and struck him with a slap that sent his enormous body flying.

• Mu Chen refused the system’s first offer to save the qilin, fearing the dragon race.
• The system offered merit, a thousandfold cultivation speed, and a high-level breathing method for saving the qilin, so Mu Chen changed his mind.
• Mu Chen stopped Ao Tian from attacking the qilin and challenged him, while the formation absorbed Ao Tian’s lightning.
• Ao Tian threatened to summon an elder, and Mu Chen pretended to apologize and invited him down into the Cloud Sea Grand Formation.
• Ao Tian demanded that Mu Chen kneel and surrender the qilin, but Mu Chen slapped him and sent his dragon body flying.

Mu Chen overpowered Ao Tian, shrank him, and punished him for demanding that Mu Chen kneel. He healed Qi Yan, taught him a divine ability, and ordered both creatures to remain for a thousand years, whereupon Qi Yan attacked Ao Tian.

• Mu Chen shrank Ao Tian to the size of an earthworm and flicked him repeatedly, leaving Ao Tian terrified of his strength.
• Mu Chen ordered the injured qilin into the Cloud Sea Grand Formation, shrank him to puppy size, and healed his wounds.
• Qi Yan thanked Mu Chen and pledged his service to him.
• Mu Chen taught Qi Yan the Law of Heaven and Earth and ordered him and Ao Tian to stay for a thousand years without disturbing his secluded cultivation.
• After Mu Chen returned to fishing, Qi Yan charged at Ao Tian while Mu Chen allowed them to spar.

Mu Chen chose to remain hidden rather than seek the Heavenly Dao’s favor, planning to wait for Nuwa to create the Human Race before changing his body. After cultivating for ten thousand years, he reached the True Immortal realm and chose to keep fishing instead of confronting Demon Ancestor Luohu, gaining Heaven Beyond Heaven Incarnation.

• Mu Chen chose to fish for ten thousand years and decided to wait until Nuwa created the Human Race before taking a human body.
• Mu Chen resumed cultivating while Ao Tian and Qi Yan chased each other and entered secluded cultivation.
• After five thousand years, Mu Chen advanced from Heavenly Immortal to True Immortal and ordered Qi Yan to stop bullying Ao Tian.
• After another ten thousand years, Mu Chen rejected the option to stop Luohu and chose to keep fishing.
• The system awarded Mu Chen the acquired divine ability Heaven Beyond Heaven Incarnation.

Mu Chen used clones to witness the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation and the rise of Demon Ancestor Luohu. After advising a gray-robed old man to unite the Primordial World's survivors against Luohu, Mu Chen learned the man was Hongjun and received the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts.

• Mu Chen learned Heaven Beyond Heaven Incarnation and sent a clone toward the center of the Primordial World.
• Mu Chen's clone witnessed the brutal war between the dragons and phoenixes before a fireball destroyed it.
• Over the next hundred years, Mu Chen sent out more clones and watched the Dragon and Phoenix Races decline as Demon Ancestor Luohu rose to power.
• Mu Chen met a sorrowful gray-robed old man and suggested that the Primordial World's inhabitants unite against Luohu.
• The old man thanked Mu Chen, taught him the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts, and revealed that his name was Hongjun.

Mu Chen let Ao Tian and Qi Yan leave the Cloud Sea after warning them that the three races had lost the First Dragon-Han Tribulation and that Luohu was hunting them. The two discovered the devastation outside and realized Mu Chen had protected them by keeping them in seclusion.

• After Hongjun vanished, Mu Chen decided to stop sending out his clones and focus on cultivating in hiding.
• Ao Tian and Qi Yan asked to leave, and Mu Chen warned them that the dragon, phoenix, and qilin races had lost while Luohu had risen to power and was killing them for their blood essence.
• Ao Tian and Qi Yan chose to seek out their clans, and Mu Chen opened the Cloud Sea Grand Formation and cautioned them not to court death.
• On their journey, Ao Tian and Qi Yan saw the corpses and learned that Luohu commanded the Demon Sect and was slaughtering the three races.
• Ao Tian and Qi Yan realized Mu Chen had kept them safe by foreseeing the war’s outcome, then knelt in gratitude and awe.

Mu Chen rejected the chance to follow Hongjun and obtain Primordial Purple Qi, choosing instead to remain in seclusion and cultivate. After reaching the Mystic Immortal Realm, he watched the war against Luohu from afar, where Hongjun found his clone and sought his counsel before their decisive battle.

• Mu Chen consolidated his abilities, then chose another period of seclusion over venturing out with Hongjun to receive Primordial Purple Qi.
• Mu Chen spent the following years cultivating and occasionally sent out clones using the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts.
• Mu Chen advanced to the Mystic Immortal Realm, and his concealed sea of clouds expanded.
• Hongjun and the Primordial World’s mighty figures fought Luohu, whose Four Swords of Immortal Slaying gave him the upper hand.
• Hongjun found Mu Chen’s clone and said he would face Luohu in a decisive battle in the west ten years later, asking Mu Chen to clarify his unusual perspective.

Mu Chen offered Hongjun a few words about the Heavenly Dao, unintentionally helping him reach enlightenment and lose his worries about the coming battle with Luohu. Hongjun left promising a reward if he won, while Mu Chen decided to stay hidden until the battle at Mount Sumeru was over.

• Hongjun sought Mu Chen's advice because he was uncertain whether he could defeat Luohu and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Mu Chen chose to build goodwill with Hongjun and told him that victory and defeat were ordained by the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun gained a sudden enlightenment and praised Mu Chen's understanding of the Heavenly Dao.
• Mu Chen asked why Hongjun wanted to destroy Luohu, and Hongjun said he fought because all living beings lacked freedom.
• Mu Chen assured Hongjun he would win the battle in the west ten years later, and Hongjun promised him a generous reward if he did.
• After Hongjun vanished, Mu Chen destroyed his clone and resolved to remain hidden until the battle at Mount Sumeru was over.

Mu Chen learned that Hongjun had defeated Luohu and later attained Sagehood while he continued cultivating in seclusion. After obtaining Pangu's Essence Blood, Mu Chen planned to wait for Nuwa to create humanity, as Hongjun invited those with destined affinity to hear him preach in three thousand years.

• Hongjun and the other great cultivators defeated Luohu, who died after swearing that demons and the Dao would never coexist.
• Mu Chen sensed the end of the First Dragon-Han Tribulation and returned to seclusion, determined not to challenge Hongjun.
• Tens of thousands of years later, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Demon Race led by Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun rose to prominence, and tension grew between them.
• After one hundred thousand years of fishing, Mu Chen received a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and decided to wait for Nuwa to create humanity before choosing a racial body.
• Hongjun announced that he had attained the Dao and invited those with destined affinity to hear him impart the Dao at the Violet Firmament Palace in three thousand years.

After becoming a Sage, Hongjun invited Mu Chen to Purple Firmament Palace to hear his Dao, but Mu Chen refused to avoid becoming entangled in future tribulations. Three thousand years later, Hongjun preached to the gathered gods and demons, then revealed that the absent guest had extraordinary comprehension of the Heavenly Dao.

• Hongjun announced that Mu Chen could take the first seat in Purple Firmament Palace and receive his personal instruction, startling the Primordial World.
• Mu Chen considered the invitation but rejected it, choosing to keep fishing in the sea of clouds for the reward promised by option one.
• Three thousand years later, Hongjun preached the Dao at Purple Firmament Palace to Yuanshi, Tongtian, Laozi, Nuwa, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other gathered figures.
• After the sermon, Kunpeng asked who had been meant to occupy the empty seat at the front of the hall.
• Hongjun said the absent Mu Chen had been a True Immortal when they met but had greater Heavenly Dao comprehension than everyone present combined, then ordered the seat removed.

Mu Chen broke through to Primordial Unity True Immortal and declined Hongjun’s invitation to the second Dao lecture, offering advice that gave Hongjun another insight. As Hongjun returned to the Purple Firmament Palace, he decided Mu Chen’s casual suggestion meant Nuwa should go play with mud.

• Mu Chen broke through to Primordial Unity True Immortal, expanding his sea of clouds and strengthening his resolve to cultivate.
• Hongjun arrived at Mu Chen’s sea of clouds and invited him to the second Dao lecture at the Purple Firmament Palace.
• Mu Chen declined, saying that only one’s own Dao was truly one’s Dao, and Hongjun gained a new insight.
• Hongjun offered to hold an additional lecture for Mu Chen, but Mu Chen again showed no interest.
• Mu Chen asked what Nuwa was doing and told Hongjun she should go out and play with mud.
• Hongjun wondered whether playing with mud was Nuwa’s opportunity to attain the Dao and decided to tell her to do it.

Mu Chen used Quasi-Sage power to save Hong Yun from Kunpeng and received the Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Scattering Gourd in return. Hong Yun dispersed his physical form and merged into the sea of clouds above Mu Chen, leaving Mu Chen to wonder what his new companion might become.

• Mu Chen learned the True God Lightning Control Method after fishing for a hundred thousand years and rejected a chance to travel to the Purple Firmament Palace for the God-Slaying Spear.
• Mu Chen saw Kunpeng pursuing the badly injured Hong Yun and chose to save Hong Yun.
• Mu Chen invited Hong Yun into the Cloud Sea Grand Formation, then blasted Kunpeng away with Quasi-Sage-strength lightning.
• Ancestor Hong Yun gave Mu Chen the Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Scattering Gourd and said he would disperse his cultivation to begin anew.
• Hong Yun's physical body dissipated, and his red-cloud form merged into the sea of clouds above Mu Chen.

After a hundred thousand years of cultivation and fishing, Mu Chen met Nuwa, who sought his help understanding why Hongjun had sent her to gather divine soil. His improvised explanation gave Nuwa insight into her path to becoming the Mother of the Earth, and she left to pursue Sagehood.

• Mu Chen completed a hundred thousand years of fishing and gained the Demon Suppression Pagoda, while using the treasures and pills he caught to grow stronger.
• Nuwa arrived at Mu Chen’s Cloud Sea Grand Formation and asked him to explain the opportunity hidden in the divine soils she had gathered.
• Nuwa told Mu Chen that Hongjun had sent her to gather soil, causing her to miss his second preaching, but she had gained no insight after ten thousand years.
• Mu Chen explained that soil was the root of the earth and could be molded into all things, suggesting that mastering its transformations would make Nuwa the Mother of the Earth.
• Nuwa gained sudden insight, thanked Mu Chen, and left, saying she would return after becoming a Sage.

Mu Chen chose to become human after Nuwa created the Human Race, then began refining Pangu's Essence Blood while the six disciples of Hongjun attained Sagehood. He remained in secluded cultivation with three phoenix chicks until one made a mess on his head.

• Mu Chen chose to ignore the Great Witch-Demon Catastrophe and continue fishing for a hundred thousand years.
• Nuwa created the Human Race and attained Sagehood, prompting Mu Chen to choose a human body and regain his peak Primordial Unity True Immortal strength.
• Mu Chen began refining Pangu's Essence Blood as the Human Race flourished and the six disciples of Hongjun founded their sects and attained Sagehood.
• Nuwa sent Mu Chen three phoenix chicks as thanks, and he accepted them and let them play on the sea of clouds.
• One of the phoenix chicks relieved itself on Mu Chen's head, and he shouted at the chicks for making a mess.

Over a hundred thousand years, Mu Chen watched the Demon Race grow powerful and the Witch Race fall into disunity, then refined Pangu's Essence Blood and reached the peak of the Taiyi True Immortal Realm. As the two races began fighting in earnest, he encountered Demon Race flood dragons attacking a ship full of humans.

• Mu Chen raised three young phoenixes named Little Seven, Little Eight, and Little Nine while the Demon Race established the Heavenly Court and expanded across the Primordial World.
• Mu Chen blamed the Witch Race's decline on the Twelve Ancestral Witches' lack of unity, especially after Zhurong and Gonggong fought, and decided to help the Witch Race.
• Mu Chen entered seclusion to refine Pangu's Essence Blood and pursue the Samadhi True Fire.
• After fifty thousand years, Mu Chen refined a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and advanced to the peak of the Taiyi True Immortal Realm.
• Mu Chen saw seven or eight Demon Race flood dragons surround a seagoing ship and terrorize the humans aboard.

Mu Chen saved a human merchant ship from flood dragons and let Little Seven, Little Eight, and Little Nine defeat the rest. After the humans witnessed the immortals, Mu Chen received a choice between leading the Human Race against the Witch and Demon Races or continuing to fish for fifty thousand years.

• The flood dragons threatened to eat the humans aboard the ship and boasted of serving Di Jun.
• Mu Chen killed the strongest flood dragon with a lightning strike and let Little Seven, Little Eight, and Little Nine handle the others.
• The three young phoenixes fought the remaining flood dragons and ate them.
• The humans knelt and celebrated after realizing that immortals had saved them.
• Mu Chen received a choice between establishing a religion to lead the Human Race and continuing to fish for fifty thousand years.

Mu Chen refused to leave seclusion to defend the weak Human Race, instead offering them advice before returning to his quiet life with three young phoenixes. After fifty thousand years of cultivation and training, he gained the Samadhi True Fire Method and ordered the demonic beasts near his residence to stop making noise and fighting or face death.

• Mu Chen told the Human Race to rely on their own strengths, then departed after giving his name as Mu.
• Mu Chen decided the Human Race should lie low until the Sages were gone and began planning special training for the three young phoenixes.
• Over fifty thousand years, Mu Chen cultivated in seclusion while the three young phoenixes endured regular training in his sea of lightning.
• Mu Chen reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and received the Samadhi True Fire Method after completing one hundred thousand years of fishing.
• Mu Chen ordered demonic beasts within ten thousand li to stop making noise, fighting, and killing, and told those above the Heavenly Immortal realm to leave.
• The demonic beasts erupted into an uproar in response to Mu Chen's warning.

Mu Chen drove the demons from his waters, appointed Prime Minister Turtle to oversee them, and spent another hundred thousand years fishing while developing a fire divine ability. When Zhurong and Gonggong appeared in his territory, a system prompt asked him to choose how to respond to their impending conflict.

• Mu Chen burned the demons who refused to leave his waters and recruited the slow-moving Prime Minister Turtle to manage the area.
• Mu Chen gave Prime Minister Turtle cultivation techniques and a magical treasure, then returned home determined not to leave until he was invincible.
• After another hundred thousand years of fishing, Mu Chen obtained Shrinking the Earth into Inches and created the Body-Protecting Fire God Art.
• Zhurong and Gonggong appeared in Mu Chen's waters, and the system offered him choices to ignore, inflame, or stop their conflict.

Mu Chen intervened when Zhurong and Gonggong fought, then revealed that the Demon Race had stirred up their feud. Though the Ancestral Witches realized they had been manipulated, they still refused to stop fighting.

• Zhurong and Gonggong began a battle that threatened the creatures across Mu Chen’s sea territory.
• Mu Chen used Dharma Heaven and Earth and his Cloud Sea Grand Formation’s power to confront the Ancestral Witches and ask why they were fighting.
• Zhurong explained that other races had mocked the flames of the world, while Gonggong argued that water could extinguish fire.
• Mu Chen pointed out that the races spreading the insults belonged to the Demon Race and suggested they were trying to provoke conflict between the two Witches.
• Zhurong and Gonggong grew angry at the Demon Race, but both insisted they still had to fight.