Recaps

The Yan Lineage prepared for trouble after Mo Kesha lost the Yin Baleful Intent Sect leadership, while Yan Lianfang gave Chen Mu a gift that revealed his Divine Talisman Gate skills. After learning of his sect’s connection to Nine Yama City, Yan Lianfang took Chen Mu to meet her father for a request.

• Yan Zhen warned that the Li and Wang lineages might challenge the Yan Lineage’s control of Nine Yama City and told Yan Hongcai to send the younger generation to the imperial city.
• Yan Hongcai gave Yan Lianfang a sealed gift box for Chen Mu, and Chen Mu quickly broke the seal and found ice chalcedony inside.
• Yan Lianfang realized Chen Mu could open the seal and was delighted that he was a disciple of the Divine Talisman Gate.
• Yan Lianfang explained that the Yan Lineage wanted a Divine Talisman Gate disciple to help restore Nine Yama City’s dormant core talisman array.
• Yan Lianfang asked Chen Mu for help and took him to meet her father.

Yan Hongcai hired Chen Mu to repair the Yan residence’s ancestral talisman array, while Ge Rao’s group plotted to seize Iron Soul City’s food-producing treasure by hiring the Green Ghost Bandits. The chapter left the bandit plan in its early stages, with Ge Rao ordering his associate to contact them.

• Yan Hongcai asked his steward to watch rival lineages and increase patrols around the Yan residence.
• Yan Lianfang brought Chen Mu and Mingye to meet Yan Hongcai, who asked Chen Mu to repair the Divine Talisman Gate array beneath the residence.
• Yan Hongcai offered Chen Mu ten sixth-grade Yin Stones upfront and two hundred more if he restored the array, and Chen Mu agreed to begin at once.
• At a restaurant in Nine Yama City, Gao Fenghai’s talk about Iron Soul City’s food drew the attention of Ge Rao and his companions.
• Ge Rao agreed to contact the Green Ghost Bandits and discuss a plan to take the food-producing treasure from Iron Soul City.

Chen Mu repaired the Nine Baleful Intent Yin Thunder Formation for the Yan Lineage, collected his payment, and prepared to return to Iron Soul City with new refugees. Before he could leave, he learned that a force of bandits was spying on the city and called Mingye back to help defend it.

• Chen Mu restored the Nine Baleful Intent Yin Thunder Formation, and Yan Hongcai praised him and paid him for the work.
• Chen Mu declined Yan Hongcai's offer to become chief talisman master and said he planned to leave for Iron Soul City.
• Gao Fenghai told Chen Mu that crowds wanted to join Iron Soul City after its food production method became known, and Chen Mu agreed to accept them and build housing outside the city.
• Chen Mu told Gao Fenghai to prepare everyone to leave that afternoon, and Yan Lianfang said goodbye to him.
• Iron Soul City's central intelligent brain warned Chen Mu that about three hundred bandits were spying on the city, so he contacted Mingye and told him to return and help Li Wei defend it.

Chen Mu led more than fifteen hundred people through the undead-filled wilderness toward Iron Soul City, then found the city under attack by the Green Ghost Bandits. After reuniting with Mingye, he planned to strike the bandits from inside and out and deal with the ambushers himself.

• Chen Mu split into nine powerful clones to protect the troops as they raced through the wilderness toward Iron Soul City.
• Shi Xing led his soldiers in a fierce fight against the undead, hoping to prove himself and bring his people to safety.
• Near dawn, Chen Mu ordered the exhausted troops to rest and went alone to assess Iron Soul City's situation.
• Han Xiao and his Green Ghost Bandits failed to breach the automated workshop's defenses, while Han Xiao dismissed his lieutenant's concerns.
• Chen Mu contacted Mingye, learned the bandits remained trapped inside the city, and planned a coordinated attack after his troops rested.
• Chen Mu told Mingye to focus on the Green Ghost Bandits inside the city and said he would handle the ambushers outside.

Chen Mu defeated the Green Ghost Bandits and Ge Rao’s group, then reorganized the surrendered bandits and strengthened Iron Soul City’s forces. Half a month later, he assigned Han Xiao and Shi Xing battle formations and learned that Yan Manor’s equipment order would take another month to complete.

• Ge Rao tried to ambush the Green Ghost Bandits, but Gao Fenghai returned with reinforcements while Chen Mu’s clones blocked Ge Rao and defeated his men.
• The reactivated fortress and Gao Fenghai’s force overwhelmed the Green Ghost Bandits, and Han Xiao led them in surrender.
• Chen Mu ransomed Ge Rao’s people from Shulie City and accepted the Green Ghost Bandits’ surrender, integrating their members into Iron Soul City’s units.
• Chen Mu gave Han Xiao the Rushing Thunder Battle Formation and Shi Xing the Yin Five Elements Battle Formation to train with selected soldiers.
• Chen Mu asked Li Wei about Yan Manor’s equipment order, and she reported that only twenty percent of the fourth-grade magical treasures were complete, with another month needed.

Chen Mu arranged to finish the fourth-grade treasures and put Iron Soul City’s Spirit Energy Cultivation Pods into use while advancing its Rune Technology. Mingye reported that Yan Qingshu had approved Spirit Network base stations in his territory and that the Yan Lineage had recovered its position in Nine Yama City, leaving Chen Mu wary of the Yin Baleful Intent Sect.

• Chen Mu assigned rune masters to assemble the fourth-grade treasures and reserved their core rune formations and final shaping for himself.
• Chen Mu told Li Wei to move ten Spirit Energy Cultivation Pods into service and report their users to him daily.
• Chen Mu returned to his workroom and continued building a production line for Talisman Puppet robots.
• Mingye reported that Yan Qingshu had agreed to let them build Spirit Network base stations in his territory, without providing security.
• Chen Mu explained that spirit magnetic waves could let him project the power of laws through the Spirit Network, and planned to expand its servers and base stations.
• Mingye said Mo Kesha had helped the Yan Lineage regain its footing in Nine Yama City, and Chen Mu warned her to avoid provoking the Yin Baleful Intent Sect.

Chen Mu expanded Iron Soul City's robot production and military strength but ran short of Yin Stones, while divination linked Mingye's origins to the Manju Sacred King. Mo Kesha identified Iron Soul City as a possible lead in his search for Chen Mu and planned to visit.

• Mingye reported that the Extreme Evil Imperial Court was gaining ground and that the Manju Sacred King was rumored to be too injured to fight; Chen Mu divined that she had a deep connection to Mingye.
• Chen Mu built production robots that accelerated mining, then began producing combat robots as Iron Soul City expanded.
• Iron Soul City's Yin Stones ran short as its population and military training grew, forcing Chen Mu to seek new sources of income.
• Mo Kesha read intelligence about Iron Soul City, suspected its visitors were the people the grand elder sought, and decided to go there the next day.
• Chen Mu used the Talisman Medicine System to refine liquid medicine in Iron Soul City's medicine refinement room.

Chen Mu prepared cell regeneration agents for auction, then confronted the powerful Mo Kesha as he approached Iron Soul City. Chen Mu recognized Mo Kesha from their past connection to the Pan Emperor Continent, and Mo Kesha realized Chen Mu was the boy he had encountered there fifteen years earlier.

• Chen Mu finished making cell regeneration agents and instructed Li Wei to auction them at the Nine Yama Auction House and buy spiritual materials with the proceeds.
• Chen Mu agreed to Li Wei bringing Shi Xing and the Five Elements Army as an escort, then left the medicine refining room.
• The central intelligent brain warned Chen Mu about an approaching powerful cultivator, so he and Mingye flew out to intercept Mo Kesha near Iron Soul City.
• Mo Kesha attacked Mingye with Yin Baleful Intent power, but she blocked it with a seven-colored lotus of light.
• Mo Kesha suspected Chen Mu and Mingye were the people sought by the grand elder, while Chen Mu stopped Mingye and asked Mo Kesha if he had visited the Pan Emperor Continent fifteen years earlier.
• Mo Kesha recognized Chen Mu as the boy from that encounter, and Chen Mu asked him his name.

Chen Mu’s identity as an outsider was exposed to Mo Kesha, who attacked him before agreeing to report Mingye’s possible identity to the Manju Sacred King. Mo Kesha departed to seek instructions, leaving Chen Mu and Mingye waiting in Iron Soul City despite the danger.

• Chen Mu asked Mo Kesha why he had searched for someone on the Pan Emperor Continent, and Mo Kesha attacked when Chen Mu offered to reveal her whereabouts.
• Mingye joined the fight as Chen Mu used his Yin Lightning Umbrella and triggered his Core Formation Realm Heavenly Tribulation to destroy Mo Kesha’s vicious ghosts and strike Mo Kesha.
• Mo Kesha stopped fighting and suspected Mingye was the person he sought, saying the matter involved the Manju Sacred Lord and asking Chen Mu to go to Manju Imperial City.
• Chen Mu refused to leave Iron Soul City and demanded that the Manju Sacred King come to him, so Mo Kesha departed to report back.
• Mingye asked whether Chen Mu trusted Mo Kesha, and Chen Mu said they would wait and defend Iron Soul City if trouble came.

Fang Yin identified Chen Mu and Mingye as the people Chu Xuanzi had been seeking, and Chu Xuanzi set out to find them. After Mo Kesha left Iron Soul City, Chen Mu prepared the city for an attack and faced the approaching Chu Xuanzi, who recognized him by his Domain of Laws.

• Fang Yin showed Chu Xuanzi an image of Chen Mu and Mingye fighting Mo Kesha and reported that they had appeared in Iron Soul City.
• Chu Xuanzi ordered Fang Yin to lead him to Chen Mu and Mingye.
• Mo Kesha went to Manju Imperial City to request an urgent audience with the Manju Sacred King, but waited outside while she discussed military matters.
• Chen Mu ordered Gao Fenghai and Li Wei to recall their people and raise Iron Soul City's defenses to the highest level.
• When the central intelligence detected an approaching Saint Level expert, Chen Mu met the intruder above the city and raised a Domain of Laws to block the expert's domain.
• Chu Xuanzi arrived with Fang Yin, recognized Chen Mu by his power of laws, and revealed that he had found him.

Chu Xuanzi attacked Iron Soul City with his Baleful Demon Blood Domain, but the city’s rune defenses and battle formations resisted his forces. After Chen Mu refused to submit, Chu Xuanzi struck at him, only to destroy a substitute talisman and suspect Chen Mu was connected to the Divine Talisman Gate.

• Chen Mu challenged Chu Xuanzi’s claim that he was a fiend from beyond the realm and refused his demand to submit or die.
• Chu Xuanzi unleashed his Baleful Demon Blood Domain, summoning twelve blood corpses and tens of thousands of evil spirits to attack Iron Soul City.
• Mingye assigned Shi Xing and Han Xiao to defend the flanks while Li Wei commanded the city’s defenses, which bombarded the attacking spirits.
• Han Xiao led the Rushing Thunder Battle Team in driving back one of the blood corpses, while the rune barrier held against the others.
• Chu Xuanzi demanded that Chen Mu submit, and Chen Mu refused.
• Chu Xuanzi appeared behind Chen Mu and struck him, but the attack destroyed a substitute talisman; Chu Xuanzi wondered whether Chen Mu was an inheritor of the Divine Talisman Gate.

Mingye discovered that the blue-and-white porcelain bottle could absorb the blood corpses and evil spirits sustaining Chu Xuanzi’s domain, giving Iron Soul City’s soldiers a chance to recover. As Chu Xuanzi pressed his attack, Chen Mu began breaking through in his remaining dantians to form 107 Law Cores, while Mingye prepared to evacuate the city’s core forces.

• Chen Mu and Little Blue fought Chu Xuanzi while Mingye and Iron Soul City’s soldiers struggled against regenerating blood corpses and evil spirits.
• Mingye summoned the blue-and-white porcelain bottle, which absorbed blood corpses and spirits and began weakening Chu Xuanzi’s Baleful Demon Blood Domain.
• Chu Xuanzi attacked Mingye, but the bottle’s seven-colored barrier stopped his blow long enough for Chen Mu to shield her.
• Wounded and running out of strength, Chen Mu told Mingye to evacuate Iron Soul City’s core forces when his breakthrough triggered a lightning tribulation.
• Chen Mu released the power of his remaining 107 dantians to condense their liquid into Law Cores.

Chen Mu used heavenly lightning and his regenerative vitality to hold Chu Xuanzi back while Iron Soul City’s people tried to escape Fang Yin’s blockade. As Chen Mu launched a Saint Level missile at Chu Xuanzi, heaven and earth froze, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Chen Mu drew heavenly lightning with the Four Pillars Heaven-Reaching Formation, Eight Trigrams Fate-Changing Disc, while Chu Xuanzi withdrew his Baleful Demon Blood Domain and resumed attacking him.
• Chen Mu’s body repeatedly broke and healed as he fought Chu Xuanzi, buying time for Iron Soul City’s people to escape.
• Fang Yin and the Yin Baleful Intent Sect blocked Mingye and the others, and Han Xiao led the Rushing Thunder Battle Team in a desperate attack that was suppressed.
• Mingye led the others into battle after the celadon bottle failed to respond, but they soon fell into a disadvantage outside Iron Soul City’s talisman formation.
• Chen Mu threatened Chu Xuanzi with a missile launcher and then fired a Saint Level missile, but time and space abruptly stopped before it could strike.

Chen Mu witnessed the Manju Sacred King destroy his missile and learned that she had come searching for Mingye. After mother and daughter reunited, the Sacred King killed Chu Xuanzi for attacking Iron Soul City and threatening her daughter.

• The Manju Sacred King appeared between Chen Mu and Chu Xuanzi and turned Chen Mu's silver missile to powder.
• Mo Kesha arrived, and Chen Mu greeted the Manju Sacred King, who asked where the person she was seeking could be found.
• Chen Mu summoned Mingye, and the Manju Sacred King recognized her as her daughter; they embraced after sensing their shared bloodline.
• Chu Xuanzi tried to flee, but the Manju Sacred King suppressed his domain and forced him to face her accusations.
• The Manju Sacred King rejected Chu Xuanzi's excuses and killed him, making his body collapse into a black hole and vanish.

After the Manju Sacred King destroyed Chu Xuanzi’s inner world, Mingye left for the imperial capital with him while Chen Mu stayed behind to settle Iron Soul City. Chen Mu later traveled to the Manju Imperial Capital with Shi Xing, Han Xiao, and two teams of soldiers, entering after the city garrison checked their documents.

• The Manju Sacred King destroyed Chu Xuanzi’s small world, causing the Saint’s Return to the Ruins phenomenon across Iron Soul City.
• Mingye agreed to return to the imperial capital with the Manju Sacred King, while Chen Mu promised to follow after settling Iron Soul City.
• Mo Kesha offered to punish the Yin Baleful Intent Sect members who had attacked and gave Chen Mu compensation for the city’s damage.
• Chen Mu repaired Iron Soul City and reassured its residents before agreeing to bring Shi Xing and Han Xiao to the imperial capital.
• After three days of fighting along the way, Shi Xing ordered the soldiers to clean up and rein in their killing intent before approaching the capital.
• Shi Xing presented Iron Soul City’s documents at the gates, and Chen Mu told the garrison commander they had come to request an audience with His Majesty Manju; the commander let them enter.

After Mingye brought Chen Mu to the Manju Imperial Palace, he settled into the Sacred Hall and used its rare resources to strengthen his body and stabilize his cultivation. Shen Hongye discovered that much of the Nether Spring’s precious liquid had vanished and went to confront him, believing he had stolen it.

• Shen Hongye complained to Manju Sacred King that Mingye had brought two legions into the palace and let Chen Mu live in the Sacred Hall, but Manju Sacred King defended Mingye and praised Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu settled into the Sacred Hall, where its treasures, cultivation manuals, and bathing pool let him improve his Divine Soul and physical body while stabilizing his breakthrough.
• After a week, Shen Hongye found that a third of the Nether Essence Liquid in the Sacred Hall’s rear garden had disappeared.
• Shen Hongye assumed Chen Mu had secretly taken the Nether Essence Liquid and angrily headed to his residence to confront him.

Chen Mu was accused by Shen Hongye of stealing Nether Essence Liquid from the Nether Spring, but Mingye defended him and stopped her from attacking. After Shen Hongye left, Chen Mu and Mingye discussed building a machine army and planned to ask the Manju Sacred King for support at dinner.

• Shen Hongye interrupted Chen Mu's meditation and demanded that he return the Nether Essence Liquid she believed he had stolen.
• Chen Mu denied taking any liquid and endured Shen Hongye's Saint Level pressure by activating his 108 Law Cores.
• Shen Hongye prepared to strike Chen Mu, but Mingye arrived and said she had authorized him to soak in the Nether Spring.
• Mingye refused to let Shen Hongye harm Chen Mu and told her to take the complaint to the Manju Sacred King if she objected.
• Chen Mu apologized to Mingye and proposed speeding up their plan to build a machine army.
• Mingye said she would raise Chen Mu's request for military support with the Manju Sacred King at their dinner that night.

At a banquet, the Manju Sacred King approved Chen Mu’s plan to build a Rune Puppet Legion and granted him the rank of Might-Distant General. She then used the Netherworld Pearl to undo the Heavenly Dao Restraint Seals in Chen Mu and Mingye, leaving them to adjust to the released power while she recovered.

• The Manju Sacred King discussed Chen Mu’s Rune Puppet Legion plan and approved it, granting him the military rank of Might-Distant General.
• The Manju Sacred King offered Chen Mu and Mingye a way to undo their Heavenly Dao Restraint Seals using the Netherworld Pearl.
• Mingye and Chen Mu accepted the pearl’s power as the Manju Sacred King channeled it into their bodies.
• The seals broke, releasing their power and forcing them to endure the impact of the change.
• Chen Mu fused his yin- and yang-attribute Dharma Power despite severe pain, while the Manju Sacred King rested after the process.

Manju Sacred King explained that the Netherworld Pearl had once belonged to Wangchuan and revealed her own history as the first red spider lily born from Wangchuan’s grief. She began recounting the events that led to Mingye’s years alone, leaving the story just before explaining what changed over fifty years ago.

• Mingye and Chen Mu confirmed that the Netherworld Pearl had undone their restraints, and Manju Sacred King explained that it had once belonged to Wangchuan.
• Manju Sacred King revealed that she had placed the pearl inside Mingye before her birth to protect her.
• Chen Mu asked why Manju Sacred King had let Mingye wander alone, and Manju Sacred King sent Shen Hongye away before answering.
• Manju Sacred King explained that Wangchuan’s true form was the Nether River and that Manju had been born from Wangchuan’s tears after her lover died.
• Manju Sacred King said Wangchuan left the Nine Nether Netherworld around five thousand years ago to pursue her lover’s killer and never returned.
• Manju Sacred King described how the Nether Imperial Court divided among the three Sacred Kings and said their uneasy peace lasted until a little over fifty years ago.

The Manju Sacred King told Chen Mu and Mingye how Chen Fusheng infiltrated her life for the Heavenly Court, invaded the Netherworld, and forced her to send Mingye away for safety. Mingye accepted her mother’s explanation and vowed to face the future with her, while Chen Mu and Mingye agreed that Chen Fusheng deserved to die.

• The Manju Sacred King explained that she saved Chen Fusheng, a descendant of the God-Slaying God Clan, and later fell in love with him.
• The Manju Sacred King revealed that Chen Fusheng had pursued her as part of the Heavenly Court’s plan to seize her Netherworld Pearl and invade the Netherworld.
• After the Heavenly Court’s invasion caused heavy losses, the Manju Sacred King sealed Mingye’s Nether Clan bloodline and sent her to the Pan Emperor Continent for protection.
• Mingye reassured the Manju Sacred King that she would face whatever came next alongside her.
• The Manju Sacred King said Chen Fusheng had vanished after the invasion, and Mingye supported her mother’s resolve to kill him.

Chen Mu learned that the Manju Imperial Court was losing its long war against the Extreme Evil Imperial Court and agreed to help the Manju Sacred King protect the Netherworld’s Human Clan. Appointed a general, he sent Shi Xing and Han Xiao’s legions to the front lines while preparing to build his robot legion.

• The Manju Sacred King explained that the three Imperial Courts’ failed attempt to unite had led the Supreme Evil Sacred King to wage war, leaving her court in a precarious position.
• Chen Mu questioned why the Manju Sacred King and Asura Sacred King did not join forces, and she said Asura’s support was only verbal.
• Mingye urged the Manju Sacred King to entrust the war to Chen Mu, and she agreed to rely on them.
• The Manju Sacred King appointed Chen Mu General of Far-Reaching Might and gave him military authority and funds.
• Chen Mu told Shi Xing and Han Xiao to learn their new equipment’s combat command systems and lead their legions to the front lines in three days.

Lu Yi learned that Chen Mu had sent two small surprise forces to support Evil Wind City, then saw them disrupt the Extreme Evil army’s supplies and intelligence routes. After Chen Mu’s forces intercepted a secret letter revealing an imminent assault, Lu Yi ordered the Black Phoenix Clan to send supplies to help develop the Rune Puppet Legion.

• Lu Yi heard that General Weiyuan would send two thousand troops to attack the enemy by surprise, but doubted they could make a difference.
• Han Xiao led the Rushing Thunder Legion toward an enemy provisions depot while Shi Xing and the Yin Five Elements Legion ambushed and captured enemy cultivators carrying a sealed letter.
• Chen Mu broke the letter’s seal, discovered the Extreme Evil Imperial Court’s plan for an all-out assault on Evil Wind City, and sent its contents to Lu Yi.
• Over three days, the Rushing Thunder Legion destroyed enemy armament stores and granaries while Shi Xing’s legion hunted scouts and transport teams.
• Lu Yi praised the surprise forces and ordered the Black Phoenix Clan to send supplies for puppet talisman masters to General Weiyuan.

Chen Mu advanced production of a robot legion for the Manju Imperial Court while he and Mingye discussed returning to the Pan Emperor Continent. In the Extreme Evil Imperial Capital, the Supreme Evil Sacred King ordered an investigation into Mingye's return and sent assassins after Chen Mu.

• Chen Mu told Mingye that the machine legion was progressing smoothly and that its first robots could reach the battlefield in about half a month.
• Mingye said the Imperial Court's Spirit Network base stations would soon be installed and that Mother Empress was impressed by Chen Mu's exploits in Evil Wind City.
• Chen Mu and Mingye agreed they needed to contact the Pan Emperor Continent after being away for over a year.
• The Supreme Evil Sacred King reprimanded Wei Di for failing to take Evil Wind City and promised to send someone to deal with Manju's puppet talisman master.
• After hearing a rumor that Manju's daughter had returned, the Supreme Evil Sacred King ordered an investigation because she might possess the Netherworld Pearl.
• The Supreme Evil Sacred King sent Ye Feng and Qin Yue to assassinate Chen Mu in the Manju Imperial Capital.

Chen Mu discussed returning to the Pan Emperor Continent with Manju Sacred King and began considering a cross-realm teleportation array as a safer way to travel between the worlds. Manju Sacred King revealed that the Netherworld Pearl had guided Chen Mu and Mingye to the Netherworld, and she explained that ending the war depended on choosing a new Nether Lord.

• Manju Sacred King thanked Chen Mu for the robots that had strengthened her army and asked whether he planned to return to the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Manju Sacred King explained that the Netherworld Pearl had guided Chen Mu and Mingye through the void and offered to send them back, though returning afterward would be dangerous.
• Chen Mu proposed researching a cross-realm teleportation array, and Manju Sacred King agreed they could remain in the Netherworld while he worked on it.
• Manju Sacred King asked whether Chen Mu and Mingye knew of the God-Slaying God Clan, prompting Chen Mu to change the subject to his research and the war.
• Manju Sacred King said she wanted only to defend her people and believed the war could end if they found a new Nether Lord, but she had not reached God Level.

Mingye agreed to cultivate the Netherworld Scripture near the Nether River, while the Manju Sacred King planned to formally reveal her identity at the annual sacrificial ceremony. As preparations began, Mingye helped receive guests and met General Lu Yi.

• The Manju Sacred King offered to teach Mingye the Netherworld Scripture, and Mingye agreed to cultivate it to minor mastery before deciding whether to return to the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Chen Mu told Mingye that his cross-realm teleportation array would be ready in about two years.
• The Manju Sacred King explained that the annual sacrificial ceremony would be an opportunity to announce Mingye's identity and grant her a formal title.
• Mingye went to help Shen Hongye receive guests at the Nether Emperor Temple.
• Shen Hongye led Mingye to meet General Lu Yi, who recognized her and greeted her warmly.