Recaps

Chen Mu acquired the Water of Supreme Yin, helped Chen Village prepare for war, and searched the Ancient Desolate Mining Area after Jiang Ji separated him from Mingye. He reunited with Mingye among the mining area’s hidden settlements, but his attempts to escape stalled as a colossal beast appeared to roam the mist.

• Chen Mu bought Illusory Silver Water at the Kuiming auction, then met Wei Shuang, who gave him the Water of Supreme Yin and received his promise of weapons for her soldiers.
• At Wei Shuang’s Heavenly Pride Gathering, Chen Mu’s cultivation insights triggered a Great Dao resonance, and he restrained Wang Zhan before Zodiac assassins ambushed his carriage and he defeated Black Jackal.
• Back in Chen Village, Chen Hongjie planned for conflict with the Jianglan and Flame Blessing Tribes, while Chen Mu set out with Mingye to explore the Wilderness.
• Chen Rufeng and Miao Ya led the Five Elements Army against Mo Xin’s Blazing Flame Army, and Chen Village used new weapons and tactics to seize Jianglan territory.
• In the Ancient Desolate Mining Area, Jiang Ji attacked Chen Mu and Mingye with golden arrows, driving Mingye into the purple mist while Chen Mu rushed after her.
• Chen Mu emerged from the mist, saved Nangong Ya’s village from a Demon King wolf, and joined Nangong Ya and Nangong Tong in searching for Mingye.
• Chen Mu found Mingye fighting Wang Yu and his subordinates, helped her escape, and accepted Nangong Tong as his disciple.
• Chen Mu tested the purple mist but found no way through it, while Mingye’s observations led his analyzer to estimate that a nearby ancient beast exceeded the Creation Realm and stretched over three thousand meters.

Chen Mu broke through to the Core Formation Realm, defeated Wang Yu, and helped Chen Village seize the Jianglan Tribe’s territory. After returning, he expanded the Rune Research Institute and prepared to travel with Zheng Fengdao to Yin Zhan’s Lineage.

• Chen Mu used the Spirit Origin Fruit to form a spirit core, survived his Heavenly Tribulation, and defeated Wang Yu with his newly comprehended Dharma Aspect True Body.
• Chen Duo led the Five Elements Army against the Jianglan Tribe, and A Huo arrived to help break its forces and drive Jiang Ji to retreat.
• Chen Village captured Jiang Kechang, seized the Jianglan Tribe’s wealth, and began taking control of its territory.
• Chen Mu led Nangong Ya, Nangong Tong, and ten clanspeople through the purple mist and brought them safely to Chen Village.
• Chen Mu warned that the Temple might be behind the threat to Chen Village as the village settled its new territory and reorganized the Rune Research Institute.
• Chen Mu sparred with A Huo, watched Nangong Tong complete her Runic Body transformation, and expanded the institute’s research plans.
• Chen Mu agreed to travel with Zheng Fengdao to help Yin Zhan, leaving Landuo in charge of the Rune Research Institute.

Chen Mu rescued Guo Xiaohan’s family from the Holy Light Sect, then helped Yin Zhan’s family escape the Ma Lineage and brought the Yin Lineage toward the Wilderness. The Temple accused the Demon-Slaying Sword of harming the Wilderness and threatened Chen Village with a beast tide, leaving Chen Mu to prepare for a looming confrontation.

• Chen Mu confronted the Holy Light Sect in Alkaid City, destroyed its wish-powered statue, and freed Guo Xiaohan’s father from its influence.
• Chen Mu and Zheng Fengdao reached North Wind City, where Chen Mu learned the Ma Lineage was forcing Yin Jing into a marriage and threatened the Yin Lineage.
• Chen Mu helped Yin Zhan and Yin Jing escape, defeated Yin Lineage elders who tried to stop them, and persuaded the family to relocate to Chen Village.
• Yin Guang led the Yin Lineage out of North Wind City aboard nine flying ships modified by Chen Mu, who drove off the city’s attempt to stop them.
• Chen Mu’s armed ships forced Yan Beihai to let the fleet enter Falling Rosy Clouds City, where the Yin Lineage resupplied while A Huo’s Demon-Slaying Sword killed an Earth Dragon Crocodile.
• Xing Le used the dead beasts and a projection of the Demon-Slaying Sword to accuse Chen Village before Su Wanyi, who agreed to awaken a divine general.
• Chen Mu accelerated the fleet’s return after the Temple demanded A Huo’s surrender, then arranged for the Yin Lineage to settle near Chen Village as partners.
• Mingye reported unusual southern demonic-beast movements and the Temple’s threat to unleash a beast tide unless Chen Village surrendered the Demon-Slaying Sword.

Chen Village defeated the Temple’s forces and subdued the tribes in its newly granted territory, then used six years of growth and technological advances to become a kingdom. The founding ceremony left Chen Mu face to face with two women who had once helped save Chen Village, though they did not recognize him.

• Chen Mu defied the Temple’s demand to hand over A Huo and the Demon-Slaying Sword, while Mingye formed a Yin-Yang Mystic Core and faced a Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Mu entered Mingye’s heart-demon illusion and brought her back, while Xing Le gathered a vast beast horde to attack Chen Village.
• Chen Village’s defenses and missiles devastated the horde, and Chen Mu, Mingye, A Huo, and their allies fought off Xing Le’s forces before sealing him.
• Di Lin appeared and seized Xing Le, then granted Chen Village a hundred thousand li in each direction in the northwestern Wilderness in exchange for guarding it.
• Chen Mu led the subjugation of the Flame Blessing Tribe and organized the development of the new territory, while the Rune Research Institute converted nine Yin Lineage ships into combat spaceships.
• Chen Village pacified the major powers in its territory, and Chen Mu established the Spirit Network as the settlement grew into a supercity of more than a billion people over six years.
• Chen Hongjie founded the Chen Kingdom and appointed Chen Mu Imperial Preceptor, while Chen Mu recognized the blue-clad woman and Xiao Zi from the Holy Soul Grass incident, though they did not recognize him.