Chapter Summaries

Mingye confronted the childhood trauma that kept her bound to the assassin organization, and Chen Mu pulled her out of the illusion. Back in Chen Village, she began a powerful breakthrough with the help of the Spirit Gathering Array.

• After Xiaoxiao survived the trial, she chose the name Mingye, and the assassin leader accepted it.
• Mingye relived her battles with Miao Min, who offered her freedom only through death, but Mingye fought on because she wanted to live for A Yue and the others in the courtyard.
• Chen Mu entered the illusion, struck Miao Min away, and led Mingye out by reminding her that she was already free and could go home.
• Mingye awakened in Chen Village with only an inner core of Yin Qi and Yang Qi remaining, then began absorbing Spiritual Power to transform her body.
• Chen Mu ordered Xiaozhi to reinforce the isolation shield and activate the Spirit Gathering Array, whose eighty-one pillars helped Mingye draw Spiritual Qi from a hundred li around her.
• After Chen Hongjie announced that someone was breaking through, he lifted the village-wide ban, and Chen Village resumed normal operations.

Xing Le and Su Wanyi prepared the Temple’s punishment for Chen Village after it refused to surrender the people blamed for the Green Plains Mountain Range incident. As the Temple’s forces gathered, Chen Hongjie allowed disloyal vassal tribes to leave, while Chen Village prepared to fight.

• Xing Le returned from West Ge Continent after killing several Otherworldly Demon Kings and asked Su Wanyi about Chen Village.
• Su Wanyi said Chen Village still refused to hand over the accused people, and Xing Le revealed that he had gathered a huge horde of demonic beasts near the village.
• Wilderness tribes and allies began abandoning Chen Village as the Temple’s threat became more serious.
• Chen Hongjie told the tribal chiefs they could leave but would lose their fiefs and positions, and about a third departed.
• Chen Hongjie gave the remaining chiefs one last chance to leave before Chen Village began preparing for battle the next day.

While Mingye consolidated her Core Formation cultivation in seclusion, Chen Mu strengthened Chen Village with concealed, technologically advanced defenses and expanded research at the Rune Research Institute. He finished loading the code for Intelligent Defense System No. 1 as the Temple’s deadline approached and the beast tide’s attack loomed.

• Mingye remained in seclusion to master the power of her breakthrough into the Core Formation Realm.
• Chen Mu upgraded Chen Village’s defenses with hidden alloy steel, rune-powered crossbows, mechanical weapons, and massive cannons.
• Chen Mu used Xiaozhi’s database and scientific formulas to develop new technology and support the Rune Research Institute.
• Chen Mu completed loading the code for Intelligent Defense System No. 1 and awaited the beast tide’s attack on the Temple’s deadline.

On the final day of the Temple’s ultimatum, Chen Mu and the Chen Clan defended Chen Village against Xing Le’s enormous demonic beast horde. The village’s weapons inflicted heavy losses, but Xing Le expected the remaining beasts to smash through its walls.

• Chen Hongjie evacuated Chen Village’s ordinary residents, while the Chen Clan’s warriors and a few family members stayed behind.
• Xing Le accused Chen Village of defying the Temple and ordered more than 300,000 demonic beasts to attack after Chen Mu denounced his corruption.
• Chen Village’s wall weapons opened fire on the charging beasts, killing many before they could reach the village.
• Chen Hongjie ordered the Rune Gun Corps and Cannon-Wielding Corps to fire, increasing the horde’s casualties as the surviving beasts kept advancing without fear.
• Xing Le concluded that the powerful beasts reaching the walls could still smash through them and leave Chen Village facing the rest of the horde.

Xing Le unleashed the Heavenly God Beast-Taming Token to draw millions of demon beasts toward Chen Village, but Chen Mu prepared to counter them with long-range missiles. The chapter ended as the missiles were readied for their first combat launch.

• Xing Le's first wave of demon beasts smashed into Chen Village's walls, but the silver-black defenses held and the beasts were left dying at their feet.
• Xing Le used the Heavenly God Beast-Taming Token to calm the Demon Kings and revealed that the first attack had only tested Chen Mu's defenses.
• Xing Le activated the token's blood-red glow, rousing demon beasts throughout the surrounding mountains and sending them charging toward Chen Village.
• Chen Mu asked Xiaozhi to analyze the approaching horde, learned that millions of beasts were nearby, and ordered plan one: long-range missile strikes.
• Mechanical arms brought rows of missiles out of storage as Artifact Refining Department researchers prepared their systems for the launch.

Chen Mu used missiles carrying Demonic Spiritual Particle Bombs to destroy millions of demonic beasts gathered to attack Chen Village. Xing Le realized the losses could bring his death, so he ordered the avian demonic beasts to attack.

• Su Wanyi watched Xing Le’s forces surround Chen Village and condemned the village for defying the Temple.
• Chen Mu’s first missile round killed approximately 1.13 million demonic beasts, and he ordered another round launched after three minutes.
• Xing Le noticed the second round of missiles, then sensed an explosion near Chen Village and learned that more than two million demonic beasts had died.
• Xing Le feared the Divine General would punish him for the losses and ordered all avian demonic beasts to attack.

Chen Village repelled Xing Le’s aerial assault with its anti-aircraft weapons while Chen Mu, A Huo, and Mingye fought the Demon Kings. As the defenders struggled to contain the Demon Kings who broke through, Yin Guang arrived with three others through the teleportation array.

• Xiaozhi activated Chen Village’s anti-aircraft weapons, which cut down many of the nearly two hundred thousand avian demon beasts attacking from the sky.
• Xing Le led forty-six Demon Kings in an all-out assault, while Chen Mu, A Huo, and Mingye fought to stop them.
• Xing Le ordered the Demon Kings to bypass the defenders and attack Chen Village’s weapons, and more than ten broke through toward the village.
• Chen Duo and Chen Zihu flew to defend the threatened weapons and key positions as Xiaozhi reported attacks across the village.
• Yin Guang and three others emerged from Chen Village’s teleportation array, with Yin Guang apologizing for their delayed arrival.

Chen Mu and the defenders fought to hold Chen Village against Xing Le and the demon beast horde, while Yin Guang's reinforcements stabilized the village. Chen Mu and Xing Le remained locked in a stalemate as Mingye, A Huo, and the village's defenses brought down the attackers.

• Yin Guang and three Core Formation cultivators arrived to aid Chen Village, easing the pressure on Chen Duo and Chen Zihu.
• Chen Mu questioned Xing Le's reason for attacking, but Xing Le refused to answer and launched a fierce assault.
• Chen Mu transformed into a giant and used his powerful Dharma techniques to gain the upper hand, though Xing Le's hidden techniques kept the battle at a stalemate.
• Mingye used her yin and yang powers to severely wound several Demon Kings, while A Huo wielded his reforged True Heart Sword to kill Demon Kings.
• Chen Village's artillery, guns, and seven Dark Division snipers led by Gu Zi'an cut down the charging demon beasts with few losses to the defenders.

Chen Mu and Mingye helped turn the battle against Xing Le and the beast tide, while Chen Village’s defenses continued to destroy millions of demonic beasts. Xing Le tried to flee, but Chen Mu and Mingye caught him and sealed his dantian.

• Mingye struck Xing Le from behind, but he knocked her away, and Chen Mu caught her before she fell.
• Chen Mu fought Xing Le while the village’s AI-controlled defenses grew more efficient and killed more than three million demonic beasts.
• Realizing his forces were losing and fearing the divine general, Xing Le sacrificed two spirit pearls in an explosion and fled.
• Chen Mu and Mingye pursued Xing Le through space, and Chen Mu’s punch sent him flying.
• Mingye used her yin-and-yang powers to seal Xing Le’s dantian.

Chen Mu captured Xing Le and faced the Temple’s arriving divine generals, who demanded that the mysterious expert behind Chen Village appear. Teng Zhuoran rejected Chen Mu’s plea for time and launched an attack on the village.

• Chen Mu sensed a black hole forming, captured Xing Le, and returned with him and Mingye to Chen Village’s wall.
• Chen Mu reinforced Xing Le’s seal and sent Mingye to interrogate him, while the dimmed beast-taming token caused most attacking beasts to flee.
• Su Wanyi, Shi Jin, and Teng Zhuoran emerged from the black hole, and Chen Mu went to meet them instead of Chen Hongjie.
• Teng Zhuoran accused Chen Village of killing too many demonic beasts and demanded that its hidden expert appear.
• Teng Zhuoran summoned a flying dragon that charged toward Chen Village’s wall.

Teng Zhuoran attacked Chen Village with powerful manifested demon beasts, but the White Turtle intervened and overwhelmed him. After Shi Jin sounded the Heavenly God Horn and summoned more divine generals, the White Turtle killed Teng Zhuoran and threatened the Temple forces unless Di Lin came in person.

• Teng Zhuoran summoned a Jade-Eyed Winged Dragon, which A Huo destroyed after it damaged Chen Village’s protective barrier with poison gas.
• Teng Zhuoran created more than a dozen powerful demon beasts and sent them against Chen Village, but the White Turtle’s barrier dissolved them.
• The White Turtle attacked Teng Zhuoran with a ribbon of light and defeated his fire dragon, prompting Teng Zhuoran to call on Shi Jin to use the Heavenly God Horn.
• Shi Jin sounded the Heavenly God Horn, opening black holes that brought forth more than a dozen divine generals.
• The White Turtle crushed Teng Zhuoran to dust and declared that everyone present would die unless Di Lin came in person.

The White Turtle defeated Feng Tianqing and the other divine generals, then demanded that the Wilderness Divine Temple cede the lands within thirty thousand li of Chen Village. Di Lin descended through a Wish Power Orb, recognized the White Turtle as Baxia, and exposed Xing Le as connected to the Abyss before destroying his body.

• Feng Tianqing arrived with more divine generals and challenged the White Turtle, who struck him down and defeated the Temple's fighters.
• Chen Mu ordered Xiaozhi to record and analyze the battle at maximum frequency.
• Feng Tianqing asked to negotiate, and the White Turtle demanded the territory within thirty thousand li of Chen Village.
• Feng Tianqing summoned Di Lin with a Wish Power Orb, and the divine generals and Su Wanyi knelt before him.
• Di Lin reviewed the recent events, identified the Abyss, and seized Xing Le from Chen Village.
• Di Lin destroyed Xing Le's figure, leaving a drop of black blood from which the Heart Demon Emperor screamed.

Nigudan reported to the Devil Master that he had infiltrated the four ancient academies, while the Heavenly God granted Chen Village a hundred thousand li of territory in the Wilderness. Chen Mu agreed to guard the land, and Feng Tianqing was tasked with transferring it within a month.

• The Devil Master rescued Nigudan from his injuries and warned him not to let his actions interfere with the race’s grand plan.
• Nigudan told the Devil Master that White Horse Academy was under his control and that he had placed informants in the other three academies.
• The Heavenly God confronted White Turtle about claiming territory, and White Turtle demanded land in return for the trouble Chen Village had suffered.
• The Heavenly God offered Chen Village a hundred thousand li in each direction in the northwestern Wilderness, and Chen Mu accepted the duty of guarding it.
• The Heavenly God ordered Feng Tianqing to hand the territory over within a month, then departed for the Demon Realm.
• Feng Tianqing promised to withdraw the Demon Kings and stronger demon beasts from Chen Village’s territory, while Chen Mu rejoiced over the valuable demon beast corpses left behind.

Chen Mu led Chen Village in claiming the northwest territory and traveled to the Flame Blessing Tribe to demand submission. He killed Tuoba Feng and captured Tuoba Rong, bringing him before Meng Hui to face the past.

• Chen Mu told Chen Village's leaders to conquer the tribes in their new territory and said he would visit the five Great High Tribes to seek their submission.
• Chen Mu chose the Flame Blessing Tribe as his first target, and Meng Hui joined him because she knew what had happened there.
• Mo Liexu warned Tuoba Rong that Chen Village had survived and urged him to flee, but Chen Mu and his companions arrived before they could escape.
• Chen Mu killed Tuoba Feng, then sent A Huo after Mo Liexu and pursued Tuoba Rong himself.
• Chen Mu sealed Tuoba Rong's dantian and brought him before Meng Hui, who confronted him for having gravely wounded Chen Haoran and enslaved them.

Chen Mu defeated the leaders of the Flame Blessing Tribe and left Gu Zi'an and Meng Hui to take charge of annexing it. Mingye killed Miao Min after learning what little she knew about Mingye’s origins, and Chen Mu returned to Chen Village with Mingye and valuable materials from the tribe’s storehouse.

• Meng Hui killed Tuoba Rong, and Chen Mu crippled Mo Liexu after explaining why he held him responsible for his parents’ suffering.
• Mingye confronted Miao Min, learned that a hunter had sold her at a slave market, and killed her.
• Chen Mu appointed Gu Zi'an to take control of the Flame Blessing Tribe with A Huo’s help, while Meng Hui agreed to stay and settle matters there.
• Chen Mu searched the tribe’s storehouse, took valuable spiritual treasures and materials, and found ten-thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood but no metal-element creation item.
• Chen Mu and Mingye flew back to Chen Village, leaving the annexation of the Flame Blessing Tribe to Gu Zi'an and Meng Hui.

After defeating his enemy, Mingye felt directionless, and Chen Mu promised to help her search for her origins in the Netherworld once Chen Village stabilized. Back in the village, he mobilized its resources and personnel to expand production, strengthen its forces, and prepare for rapid territorial control.

• As Chen Mu and Mingye traveled back to Chen Village, he offered to accompany her to the Netherworld to search for her origins, but she refused his help and sped ahead.
• Chen Mu ordered Landuo to hand the Rune Puppet Legion’s 36,723 spiders, 5,340 warriors, and 58 chariots to the clan leader for deployment.
• Chen Mu directed Chen Ju and Nan Huaiyuan to study the nine incoming Yin Lineage transport airships and prepare the Rune Research Institute to produce its own airships in three months.
• Chen Mu increased funding for Chen Xuejun’s Biology Department and assigned Nangong Tong as Zheng Fengdao’s deputy, promising to free her people from the Ancient Desolate Mining Area once Chen Village was stable.
• Chen Mu instructed Xiaozhi to prepare a temporary landing site for the nine airships, using Chen Village’s construction rune puppets to level a five-kilometer-wide area.

Chen Mu directed Chen Village’s expansion and production plans, welcomed Chen Duo and the Yin Lineage, then led the conversion of nine transport ships into combat spaceships. A week later, the ships were ready, and he sent them to the front lines to support Chen Zihu and control the high-level tribes.

• Chen Mu assigned construction puppets to build a spaceship plaza, expand automated production, and plan Chen Village’s growth toward a future kingdom.
• Chen Duo arrived with the Yin Lineage aboard nine ships, and Chen Mu welcomed them and arranged for their cargo to be unloaded.
• Chen Mu asked Yin Guang to provide people to operate the ships after their modification, and Yin Guang resolved to submit fully to Chen Village.
• Chen Mu and the Rune Research Institute modified the ships with weapons and spirit energy beam cannons powerful enough to threaten Late Core Formation Realm experts.
• After a week of work, Chen Mu sent the nine combat spaceships to the front lines to help Chen Zihu and the others keep the high-level tribes in check.

Chen Village expanded across the territory granted by the Temple, defeating or absorbing the major tribes that resisted it. After receiving the Heavenly God's Imperial Decree from Feng Tianqing, Chen Mu reflected that ruling the vast new domain would remain a difficult and dangerous task.

• Qing Ze chose submission over fleeing or fighting, and Qiong Fan negotiated the Azure Tiger Tribe's surrender to Chen Village.
• Chen Village defeated the Black Iron Tribe with its nine combat airships, while Jin Chihai assassinated the Golden Ridge Tribe's chief and surrendered with the surviving leaders.
• Within a month, Chen Village had pacified the major powers in its hundred thousand li of territory.
• Feng Tianqing delivered the Heavenly God's Imperial Decree to Chen Mu and explained that the Temple had relocated the territory's rare demon beasts and Demon Kings.
• Chen Mu considered the challenge of securing and governing the new territory and resolved to keep going.

Over six years, Chen Village grew into a prosperous territory through Chen Mu’s technological advances, and Chen Hongjie finally chose to found the Chen Kingdom. On the founding day, dignitaries arrived to celebrate while Hou Sailei hurried back to oversee the banquet.

• Chen Hongjie and Chen Mu suppressed calls to declare a kingdom early and focused on developing Chen Village’s territory.
• Chen Mu’s Rune Research Institute created Rune Core No. 4 and advanced energy production, materials, cultivation, genetics, and communications.
• Chen Mu established the Spirit Network, connecting the tribes across Chen Village’s vast territory and improving their lives.
• Six years later, Chen Hongjie scheduled the kingdom’s founding for July 1, as Chen Village had grown into a supercity of more than a billion people.
• Representatives of major powers arrived to congratulate the new kingdom, while Hou Sailei watched from above the city gate.
• Hou Sailei received a call from his assistant and flew back to Chen Village’s kitchen in his latest intelligent external armor.

Chen Mu left his rune research to attend the founding ceremony of the Chen Kingdom, where he was appointed Imperial Preceptor and the Rune Research Institute became the state religion. At the ceremony, he spotted two women he had met years earlier, whose past help had saved Chen Village.

• Chen Mu paused his research after Chen Zihu reminded him that the Chen Kingdom's founding ceremony was about to begin.
• Chen Mu and Chen Zihu joined Chen Hongjie and the village elders at the imperial palace, where hundreds of thousands of guests watched the ceremony.
• Chen Hongjie led the founding rites and appointed Chen Mu Imperial Preceptor, established the Rune Research Institute as the state religion, and granted posts to Chen Zihu and Zheng Fengdao.
• Chen Mu withdrew from the gift presentation and recognized a blue-clad woman and Xiao Zi, who failed to recognize him.
• Chen Mu remembered that the two women had helped him obtain the Holy Soul Grass, preventing the Wumeng Tribe from destroying Chen Village.