Recaps

Chen Mu entered the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven, where Elder Ming explained how cultivators developed their inner worlds into domains and eventually became gods. Elder Ming revealed that the grotto-heaven was the remains of Patriarch Wentian’s inner world and showed Chen Mu its core, which could help him create his own small world.

• Chen Mu entered the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven and admired its spiritually rich landscape.
• Elder Ming explained that Creation Realm cultivators strengthened their inner small worlds, while Domain Realm experts could extend their power into the outside world.
• Elder Ming said the Heavenly Dao had restricted Domain Realm experts after the Otherworldly Demons invaded, forcing powerful cultivators to leave the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Elder Ming revealed that the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven was the remnant of Patriarch Wentian’s inner world, most of which had collapsed after his death.
• Elder Ming led Chen Mu to a golden palace and showed him the grotto-heaven’s core, saying that observing it would help Chen Mu create his own small world.

Chen Mu accepted Elder Ming’s World Essence and began preparing to break through to the Dharma Saint Realm. Meanwhile, Duoduo attacked A Huo as he practiced his Sword Dao, and he asked what had brought her there.

• Elder Ming offered Chen Mu a drop of World Essence to help him shatter his core and create a small world.
• Chen Mu agreed to enter seclusion and attempt to reach the Dharma Saint Realm while Elder Ming stood guard.
• A Huo meditated in a valley before the words “Justice” and “true heart,” refining his Sword Dao.
• Duoduo appeared in silver armor and launched a golden fist at A Huo, but his Sword Qi ground it away.
• A Huo opened his eyes and asked Duoduo what had brought her there.

Chen Duo returned to summon A Huo back within two months and challenged him to a fight, using her advanced combat equipment against his sword techniques. The chapter ended with her firing a powerful cannon at him and urgently asking whether he was all right.

• Chen Duo told A Huo that her brother wanted him back within two months to prepare for war with the Otherworldly Demons, and A Huo agreed.
• A Huo called the Demon-Slaying Sword back from the mountains so he could train them on new upgrade components.
• Chen Duo challenged A Huo and attacked with a wrathful Buddha phantom, energy blades, infrared lasers, Gatling guns, and a giant cannon.
• A Huo evaded and blocked Chen Duo's attacks, then entered a deeper state of Sword Dao to face the cannon shot.
• Chen Duo's cannon blasted A Huo and carved a trench through the mountain, and she called out to ask if he was all right.

Chen Duo found A Huo undergoing a breakthrough to the Creation Realm and guarded him while the Demon-Slaying Sword assembled. She distributed upgrade components and weapons to the unit, leaving its members ready to upgrade their auxiliary armor.

• Chen Duo discovered A Huo had shed his charred shell and realized he was breaking through to the Creation Realm.
• Chen Duo moved A Huo aside to meditate and stood guard as the Demon-Slaying Sword squad leader Pan Yuanhua arrived with his members.
• Chen Duo told Pan Yuanhua that she would upgrade their auxiliary armor once the entire unit had gathered.
• The remaining Demon-Slaying Sword members arrived, and Chen Duo distributed one weapon with an upgrade component chip to each of the 999 present.

Chen Mu comprehended the cycles of change in the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven and broke his Dharma Core to enter the Dharma Saint Realm, creating a small world with the Law of the Five Elements. After discovering that its byproducts lacked power, he left the Sun Palace to test his new law.

• Pan Yuanhua received a Spirit Particle beam sword and submachine gun, and Chen Duo told the Demon-Slaying Sword members to complete their weapon training or return to the reserves.
• Chen Mu spent fifteen days observing the cycles of change in the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven and understood the path to the Creation Realm.
• Chen Mu shattered his Dharma Core and absorbed World Essence to form a small world in his dantian.
• Chen Mu established the Law of the Five Elements in his small world, which produced soil, trees, a mountain, a stream, and fire.
• Chen Mu brought a leaf out of his small world and found that its byproducts lacked world power, then flew toward the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven's entrance to test his new law.

After breaking through to the Creation Realm, Chen Mu stayed at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and discussed talisman techniques with Elder Ming. Elder Ming was impressed by Chen Mu’s Rune Technology System and promised the pavilion’s full support for the Chen Kingdom.

• Chen Mu emerged from the Mystic Spirit Grotto-Heaven after breaking through to the Creation Realm, and Elder Ming invited him to rest at the pavilion.
• Chen Mu and Elder Ming exchanged insights into the Dao of Talismans for three days.
• Chen Mu showed Elder Ming products from the Rune Research Institute and described the Chen Kingdom’s development.
• Elder Ming asked whether Chen Mu intended to dominate the Pan Emperor Continent, and Chen Mu said he wanted to protect himself and those around him, including by acting against the Otherworldly Demons.
• Elder Ming promised the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion’s full support for the Chen Kingdom, and Chen Mu accepted on behalf of the kingdom and the Rune Research Institute.

Chen Mu left the inner pavilion to check on friends from his years at the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion. At the exchange center, he found Wen Shan in a drastically weakened state, and Wen Shan recognized him.

• Chen Mu told Elder Ming he wanted to walk around the exchange center, and Elder Ming left to handle pavilion affairs.
• Chen Mu flew to the exchange center and found it far quieter than he remembered.
• Chen Mu headed toward the Pear Rain Tower to check on Hou Tian.
• Chen Mu spotted a thin, pale man selling medicinal herbs and recognized him as Wen Shan.
• Wen Shan studied Chen Mu and excitedly asked if he was Chen Mu.

Chen Mu learned that He Xiao had spread rumors branding him a foreign-race spy and had Wen Shan beaten for defending him. Chen Mu confronted He Xiao at the Talisman Rune Hall, where He Xiao summoned two flaming monsters to attack him.

• Chen Mu reunited with Wen Shan and asked why his cultivation had fallen to the Early Stage of the True Spirit Realm.
• Wen Shan explained that He Xiao had labeled Chen Mu a spy and that He Xiao's people had beaten him for speaking in Chen Mu's defense.
• Chen Mu flew with Wen Shan to the Talisman Rune Hall, insisting he no longer feared He Xiao.
• Chen Mu shouted for He Xiao to come out, and He Xiao flew up to confront him.
• He Xiao accused Chen Mu of disrespecting his elders and sent two red-flamed monsters charging at him.

Chen Mu fought He Xiao, using the Law of the Five Elements to overcome his scrolls and destroy his sea of consciousness. He Xiao tried to escape as Chen Mu fired a soul-extinguishing attack, leaving his fate in Chen Mu’s hands.

• Chen Mu matched He Xiao’s flame monsters with two of his own, then absorbed the fire from He Xiao’s Blazing Flame Scroll and damaged it.
• He Xiao unleashed his other three scrolls, but Chen Mu summoned Five Elements War Soldiers that drove back their wind, lightning, and sealing-chain attacks.
• Chen Mu shot He Xiao between the brows with his Rune Gun, tearing apart He Xiao’s sea of consciousness and forcing him to manifest his Divine Soul True Body.
• Chen Mu said he had sworn to kill He Xiao after He Xiao blocked his escape from the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and had hurt his friends.
• He Xiao dispersed his Divine Soul to flee, but Chen Mu fired a Spirit Particle Binding Bullet infused with a Soul-Extinguishing Rune.

Chen Mu destroyed He Xiao’s Divine Soul and left with Wen Shan. Elder Ming then declared that He Xiao had been killed by an assassin and appointed Elder Ding Yuan as the new Hall Master of the Talisman Rune Hall.

• Chen Mu’s Spirit Particle Binding Bullet struck He Xiao’s dispersed Divine Soul and melted away much of his Soul Power.
• Chen Mu used the Heaven-Burning Blaze to destroy every remnant of He Xiao’s Divine Soul.
• Chen Mu called Wen Shan over, and the two flew toward the exchange center.
• Elder Ming arrived at the Talisman Rune Hall with a group of elders after Chen Mu had left.
• Elder Ming announced that an assassin had killed He Xiao and appointed Elder Ding Yuan as Hall Master of the Talisman Rune Hall.

Chen Mu visited Hou Tian at the Pear Rain Tower and bought Glazed Gold Mother Ore while the Otherworldly Demons' blockade hurt business in the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion. He gave Wen Shan a potion and an offer of future help before returning to the inner pavilion.

• Chen Mu assured Hou Tian that the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion would soon recover and asked to see the tower's most valuable goods.
• Chen Mu gave Wen Shan a potion that could heal his hidden injuries and improve his cultivation potential, and offered to help him in the future.
• Hou Tian brought Chen Mu a list of the best goods, and Chen Mu chose the Glazed Gold Mother Ore.
• Hou Tian arranged for the ore to be delivered, and Chen Mu said goodbye to Hou Tian and Wen Shan before flying back to the inner pavilion.

Chen Mu convened a war council in Demon-Defending City, where Gu Zi'an explained the worsening Central Land conflict and the uncertainty surrounding the Heavenly Court and Abyss Devil Realm. The council then discussed a preliminary campaign plan for Chen Mu’s forces to attack the Otherworldly Demons.

• Landuo reported that the three military bases and border deployments were ready for Chen Mu’s order to attack.
• Gu Zi'an briefed Chen Mu and the generals on the war at Heavenly Defense Pass and warned that the Haotian Imperial Family might lose the pass within a year.
• Gu Zi'an speculated that the Heavenly Court had either encountered trouble or diverted its main forces elsewhere, while Chen Mu recognized that the Abyss Devil Realm’s strength remained unknown.
• Chen Mu urged the generals to prepare for the worst and vowed to address their lack of information about the Abyss Devil Realm.
• Gu Zi'an summarized the fighting across Central Land, and Chen Zihu presented the campaign plan as overall commander.
• Chen Mu and the generals discussed operations for a day before settling on a preliminary plan.

After settling the war plan, Chen Mu sought intelligence on the forces behind the Otherworldly Demons and used the central intelligent computer to advance his cultivation. He completed a program to convert rules into laws, leaving it running to strengthen him even when he was not cultivating.

• Chen Mu ordered Gu Zi'an to arrange a meeting with the master of Listening Wind Tower in Yang Province so he could learn about the Abyss Devil Realm and other powerful factions.
• Chen Mu connected to the Spirit Network and used the central intelligent computer's computing power to consolidate his Dharma Saint Realm cultivation.
• Chen Mu reviewed the incomplete rule data in the central intelligent computer's database and considered using laws to create powerful inventions within his inner world.
• Chen Mu completed a program that converted rules into laws and placed it in the central intelligent computer's process pool to run on its idle computing power.

Chen Mu and Gu Zi'an traveled by public teleportation arrays to Guangling City so Chen Mu could meet the master of the Listening Wind Tower. As they flew toward the tower, a demonic beast suddenly blocked their rune-puppet flying car.

• Gu Zi'an told Chen Mu that the meeting with the master of the Listening Wind Tower had been arranged and that they could leave.
• Chen Mu finished organizing his rune-code work, then took Gu Zi'an in his rune-puppet flying car to the public teleportation array.
• Gu Zi'an explained that the Listening Wind Tower's headquarters was in Guangling City and that its master was staying there.
• Chen Mu and Gu Zi'an transferred through cities in the Chen Kingdom and reached Guangling City in less than two hours.
• Chen Mu followed Gu Zi'an's directions toward the Listening Wind Tower, but a demonic beast blocked their flying car.

Chen Mu immobilized Nie Hantian and his Gale Winged Dragon when they tried to stop his Rune Puppet Flying Car, prompting Nie Hantian to suspect he was a senior member of the Rune Research Institute. Chen Mu then reached the Listening Wind Tower headquarters in Guangling City with Gu Zi'an.

• Nie Hantian tried to buy Chen Mu's Rune Puppet Flying Car, but Chen Mu struck him and his Gale Winged Dragon with an Immobilization Ray and flew past them.
• After breaking free, Nie Hantian recognized the vehicle as a likely sign of Rune Research Institute ties and hurried back with Xiao Feng to report to the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
• The Heavenly Puppet Sect had been unable to copy the institute's rapidly improving products and had planned to capture senior members to obtain their rune techniques.
• Chen Mu flew more than six hundred kilometers to the Listening Wind Tower headquarters with Gu Zi'an and landed outside its main entrance.
• Chen Mu stored the Rune Puppet Flying Car in his spatial wristband and headed inside with Gu Zi'an to meet the tower master.

Chen Mu visited Listening Wind Tower to meet its master, Fan Jing, and discovered disguised Otherworldly Demons and a powerful presence while surveying the headquarters. Fan Jing welcomed him and recognized that Chen Mu concealed unusual abilities, leaving the two leaders alone to talk.

• Gu Zi'an presented Chen Mu’s calling card, and an attendant led them to a private tearoom while the tower master finished receiving another guest.
• Chen Mu declined Gu Zi'an’s offer to make inquiries and used his rune-modified eye to map the headquarters, where he detected disguised Otherworldly Demons and a powerful presence.
• Fan Jing finished meeting a gorgeous woman who had failed to persuade him to agree to something, then learned that Chen Mu was waiting.
• Fan Jing met Chen Mu, recognized that his Qi was hidden behind gray chaos, and sent the others out so they could speak privately.

Chen Mu asked Listening Wind Tower Master Fan Jing for information about the Heavenly Court and the Abyss Devil Race, and Fan Jing offered the information in exchange for help retrieving an item from the Tomb of the Gods. Chen Mu agreed to consider the dangerous alternate space after learning it would not delay the Chen Kingdom’s planned counterattack.

• Chen Mu asked Fan Jing for detailed information about the Abyss Devil Realm and the Nine Heavens Realm, but Fan Jing questioned whether the Chen Kingdom was strong enough to become involved.
• Chen Mu revealed that the Chen Kingdom would soon counterattack the Otherworldly Demons and confirmed that he had reached Emperor Level, prompting Fan Jing to reassess the kingdom’s strength.
• Fan Jing offered to share what he knew about the two realms if Chen Mu retrieved an item from the Tomb of the Gods.
• Fan Jing explained that the Tomb of the Gods lay within an alternate space where time passed ten times slower and that Chen Mu’s rune skills and rune puppets made him suited to enter and search it.

Fan Jing recruited Chen Mu to investigate the runic power in the Tomb of the Gods, believing his rune expertise could retrieve something Fan Jing had lost there. As they traveled, Chen Mu’s flying vehicle matched Fan Jing’s Purple Cloud Shuttle and impressed him with its speed and concealment.

• Fan Jing explained that Emperor Level talisman masters were rare and that he valued Chen Mu’s rune knowledge, so Chen Mu agreed to visit the Tomb of the Gods.
• Chen Mu and Fan Jing instructed their subordinates before setting out, with Chen Mu sending Gu Zi'an back to the Chen Kingdom.
• Fan Jing offered Chen Mu a ride on his Purple Cloud Shuttle, but Chen Mu chose to follow in his talisman-puppet flying vehicle.
• After Fan Jing’s shuttle sped away from Guangling City, Chen Mu’s vehicle appeared above him using spatial concealment.
• Fan Jing pushed the Purple Cloud Shuttle to full speed, but Chen Mu’s vehicle kept pace, leaving Fan Jing impressed by Chen Mu’s puppet techniques.

Chen Mu followed Fan Jing through a spatial tunnel into the Tomb of the Gods, an alternate plane with chaotic rules and no Spiritual Qi. After finding shelter, Chen Mu began adapting to the plane and discovered that his runes still worked despite the changed rules.

• Fan Jing showed Chen Mu the sinkhole entrance to the Tomb of the Gods and gave him a spatial coordinate stone for the return journey.
• Fan Jing warned Chen Mu about the unstable tunnel and dangers inside, then led him into the sinkhole while Chen Mu followed in his talisman puppet flying car.
• After four hours in the spatial tunnel, Chen Mu and Fan Jing emerged into a dark, barren world and flew away from the entrance before hiding near a rocky mountain.
• Chen Mu discovered the plane had no Spiritual Qi and that its chaotic rules interfered with his flying car, so he put the car away and flew on his own.
• Chen Mu studied the plane's rules and saw runes form around him, confirming that his runes continued to function under different rules.

Chen Mu adapted the Water Condensation Talisman to the Tomb of the Gods’ rules and produced pure water, astonishing Fan Jing. He said he could use about thirty percent of his strength in the plane, and Fan Jing recognized his exceptional cross-plane adaptability.

• Chen Mu analyzed why runes lost their effects in the Tomb of the Gods and considered how to adjust them to different planes.
• Chen Mu modified the Water Condensation Talisman using his intelligent brain and the local rules, then condensed pure water.
• Fan Jing was stunned by the feat, and Chen Mu explained that he had adapted the rune to the plane.
• Fan Jing asked how much of his strength Chen Mu could use, and Chen Mu estimated about thirty percent.
• Fan Jing compared Chen Mu’s adaptability with his own and concluded that Chen Mu had reached the highest level.

Chen Mu and Fan Jing traveled across the dangerous Tomb of the Gods, using Chen Mu’s scout puppets to avoid its native creatures and reach Fan Jing’s destination. They arrived at a valley marked by the remnants of a deadly bagua formation, where Fan Jing’s lost object was located.

• Fan Jing showed Chen Mu a map and explained that they needed to travel toward a valley in the northern barren lands.
• Chen Mu warned Fan Jing of an approaching beast, and the two fled until they escaped it.
• Chen Mu took the lead using his detection range as they crossed a chasm and survived spatial rifts and void beast attacks.
• Chen Mu released scout puppets on the Blood-Red Mountain Range and used their reports to guide them around dangerous creatures.
• Chen Mu and Fan Jing reached the valley, where Chen Mu found traces of a damaged formation and residual bagua rune power.

Chen Mu examined the ancient Eight Trigrams runes in Divine Furnace Valley and learned that Fan Jing had lost his sarira there years ago. After deducing a safer route into the valley, Chen Mu entered alone to search for it, leaving Fan Jing outside.

• Chen Mu studied the ancient runes and turbulent energy throughout Divine Furnace Valley.
• Fan Jing told Chen Mu that he had once been a Buddhist disciple and had lost his sarira in the valley.
• Fan Jing explained that he had escaped after using his sarira to attack a rune-covered wall, but could no longer summon it back.
• Chen Mu used the valley's layout and the Eight Trigrams to identify a safer entrance.
• Chen Mu told Fan Jing to wait outside and rushed into Divine Furnace Valley alone.

Chen Mu deciphered the Ancient Runes in Divine Furnace Valley, found the sarira Fan Jing had sent him to retrieve, and continued exploring the valley. He reached a ruined building marked “Pill Hall.”

• Chen Mu studied the Ancient Runes, learned to control the chaotic energy currents, and discovered that some runes could draw power from the cosmic void.
• Chen Mu sent reconnaissance puppets deeper into the valley and found a golden human skeleton and several strange ores, which he stored in his spatial wristband.
• Chen Mu located a rune-covered stone cave, overcame its suction force, and retrieved the sarira for Fan Jing.
• Chen Mu left the cave and continued exploring, eventually reaching a dilapidated hall bearing the plaque “Pill Hall.”

Chen Mu found that an incomplete but formidable formation guarded the Pill Hall, so he recorded its patterns and left Divine Furnace Valley. He traded Fan Jing’s recovered sarira for promised intelligence on the Heavenly Court and the Abyss, while Fan Jing hinted that the Heavenly Court also treated humans as livestock.

• Chen Mu found the Pill Hall protected by an ancient formation, recorded its patterns in his intelligent brain, and left without entering.
• Chen Mu met Fan Jing outside Divine Furnace Valley and asked why the Listening Wind Tower worked with the Abyss Devil Race.
• Fan Jing said the Listening Wind Tower served whoever paid and claimed that the Abyss Devil Race wanted to cooperate with humans, prompting Chen Mu to challenge him.
• Fan Jing claimed the Heavenly Court openly treated humans as pigs in a pen, but stopped explaining until Chen Mu handed over the sarira.
• Chen Mu gave Fan Jing the five-colored sarira, and Fan Jing swallowed and refined it, recovering his cultivation.
• Fan Jing promised to provide intelligence on the Heavenly Court and the Abyss at Listening Wind Tower headquarters, and the two prepared to return to the Pan Emperor Continent.

Chen Mu returned from the Tomb of the Gods to Guangling City with Fan Jing’s help and collected intelligence on the Heavenly Court and the Abyss Devil Race. After confirming that his plans were proceeding smoothly, he left for the public teleportation array.

• Fan Jing praised Chen Mu’s quick learning and offered him a discount on the Listening Wind Tower’s services, and Chen Mu agreed to cooperate in the future.
• Fan Jing explained how to use the spatial coordinate stone to navigate the random exit of the tunnel, and Chen Mu asked why the Tomb of the Gods’ creatures did not escape to the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Fan Jing said the Pan Emperor Continent’s Heavenly Dao would kill outsiders with Heavenly Tribulation, while the Abyss Devil Race had its own means of evading that fate.
• Chen Mu and Fan Jing traveled through the spatial tunnel and emerged over a lake in Yang Province; Chen Mu identified the direction of Guangling City and flew away.
• Chen Mu reached the Listening Wind Tower’s courtyard, contacted Gu Zi'an, and learned that everything was proceeding according to plan.
• Fan Jing gave Chen Mu sealed scrolls containing intelligence on the Heavenly Court and the Abyss Devil Race, and Chen Mu left for the public teleportation array in his Rune Puppet Flying Car.