Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu launched a siege on the demon castle with twenty Devil Spirit siege cannons and led his forces against the demon army. The battle continued as the castle was devastated, while its central tower remained standing.

• Chen Mu told Zhou Xinle to stay at the formation’s Rest Gate and support the attack from there.
• Chen Mu converted the concealment formation into a killing formation and bombarded the demon castle with twenty siege cannons.
• After the demon castle’s forces rallied, Chen Mu deployed the Specter Legion, the Heavenly Stems War Soldiers, and 108 Dharma Aspect True Bodies to meet them on high ground.
• Zhou Xinle controlled demons climbing toward the cannons, while Mingye killed a Saint Level demon in a surprise attack and then escaped its allies.
• Chen Mu continued firing Devil Spirit Bullets until nearly the entire demon castle was ruined, leaving only its central tower intact.

Chen Mu used his weapons and Demon-Slaying Eight Trigrams Formation to weaken the demon army, then joined Mingye and Zhou Xinle in attacking the demon lord. The demon lord revealed a healing Divine Power, knocked Chen Mu and Mingye aside, and left Chen Mu catching the injured Mingye.

• Chen Mu bombarded the demon army with Devil Spirit Siege Cannons until the cannons overloaded and destroyed themselves.
• Chen Mu recalled his Specter Legion and Dharma Aspect True Bodies, then activated the Demon-Slaying Eight Trigrams Formation to slaughter the remaining demons.
• The demon lord charged into the formation, and Chen Mu strengthened it with the Death Gate before attacking him.
• Mingye struck the demon lord with her dagger, and Zhou Xinle disrupted his mind, allowing Chen Mu to slash him with a Particle Light Blade.
• The demon lord's Divine Power healed his wounds and cleared his mind, then he knocked Chen Mu and Mingye away.
• Chen Mu used Mingye's spatial beacon rune to reach her and caught her, asking whether she was all right.

Chen Mu and Mingye struggled against the demon lord until Talisman-Robed Chen Mu destroyed the magma pool, weakening him enough for Chen Mu to kill him. With the demons fleeing, Chen Mu, Mingye, and Zhou Xinle headed into the castle to investigate why the grotto-heaven trial had not ended.

• Mingye insisted she was well enough to fight as she and Chen Mu worked together to withstand the demon lord’s Divine Power.
• Zhou Xinle controlled thousands of demons and held off those breaking into Chen Mu’s formation while urging him to retreat.
• Talisman-Robed Chen Mu entered the demon castle’s central hall and detonated Demon Spirit Blood Crystal Bombs around the magma pool.
• The destroyed magma pool weakened the demon lord from Demigod to Saint Level Peak, and Chen Mu pierced his chest with a spear of Dharma Power, killing him.
• The surrounding demons fled, and Chen Mu, Mingye, and Zhou Xinle went to the castle to find out why no pillar of light had appeared.

Chen Mu and his companions left the Demon Castle with divine treasures and hid near the secret realm’s entrance while recovering and cultivating. After the White Turtle returned, Chen Mu used a divine medicine to forge a Divine Body, then planted a World Seed in his internal world to nurture a material plane.

• Chen Mu recognized the black flames beneath the Demon Castle’s rubble as a possible Seed of Destruction, and Zhou Xinle chose a World Seed from the divine treasures.
• Chen Mu set up a concealment formation at the secret realm’s entrance so the group could avoid other trial-takers and cultivate in safety.
• More than three months later, the White Turtle returned and told Chen Mu he had completed the Myriad Beasts Grotto-Heaven trial but abandoned the True Body Grotto-Heaven trial because its difficulty depended on his potential.
• Chen Mu swallowed the True Body Divine Medicine and spent six months evolving his physical body into a Divine Body.
• Chen Mu placed the World Seed in his internal world and began nurturing a material plane by infusing it with his understanding of the Great Dao of the Universe.

More than two months later, Chen Mu’s inner world had become a small plane, and Elder Ming returned as Chen Mu and the White Turtle prepared to enter the First Grotto-Heaven. Inside the True Qi Grotto-Heaven, they learned their World Crystal trials and reached a mountain where World Power was especially dense.

• Chen Mu welcomed Elder Ming back and planned to enter the First Grotto-Heaven with the White Turtle while Mingye, Zhou Xinle, and Elder Ming stayed in the concealment formation.
• The White Turtle told Chen Mu that Zhou Xinle was a gifted Heart Devil Fox and warned him that killing her would have brought serious trouble.
• Chen Mu handed Elder Ming control of the concealment formation and some World Crystals, then entered the First Grotto-Heaven with the White Turtle.
• Chen Mu and the White Turtle learned that their trial was to condense World Crystals, with Chen Mu needing two hundred and the White Turtle needing a thousand.
• Chen Mu reasoned that the mountain’s dense World Power would help them complete the trial, and he and the White Turtle traveled there.
• Chen Mu reached the mountain’s foot and sensed that its World Power was at least twice as dense as in the outer regions.

Chen Mu and White Turtle fought their way to the summit of the mountain in the True Qi Grotto-Heaven, where they faced the Insect Clan expert Vada. White Turtle revealed that he was a Demigod and killed Vada, while Chen Mu was left to confront the danger of Divine Power without having mastered it himself.

• Chen Mu defeated the flame-wreathed man guarding the mountain and climbed toward the summit with White Turtle.
• Chen Mu passed the six cultivators entrenched on the mountainside and met Duan Tianlong and Vada at the summit.
• White Turtle attacked Vada, whose overwhelming energy forced him to unleash Divine Power.
• Chen Mu and White Turtle's energy was shattered, and Duan Tianlong briefly held off Vada's attack with holy light.
• White Turtle revealed Demigod-level power, destroyed Vada's Divine Power, and killed him.

Chen Mu and White Turtle began condensing World Crystals in the True Qi Grotto-Heaven while discussing White Turtle’s cultivation and how Chen Mu might eventually condense Divine Power. The chapter left Chen Mu with White Turtle’s advice to fuse his Dharma Power with his plane to create the Power of the Plane.

• Chen Mu introduced Duan Tianlong to White Turtle, who warned Chen Mu that Duan Tianlong was ambitious and could become difficult to control.
• Chen Mu, his double, and White Turtle claimed parts of the mountaintop and began condensing World Crystals.
• White Turtle explained that he was a Huai God who had comprehended the Great Dao of the Starry Sky but had not yet condensed Divine Power.
• Chen Mu offered White Turtle Divine Source Stones and God Level minerals, but White Turtle said he had already obtained the divine substances he needed.
• White Turtle advised Chen Mu that fusing his Dharma Power with his plane could transform it into the Power of the Plane.

Chen Mu entered the Huai God realm, exchanged World Crystals for divine items, and then entered the Life Grotto-Heaven with Elder Ming. They completed its trial by saving ten thousand animals each, leaving with the trial finished.

• Chen Mu condensed Talisman World Divine Power and entered the Huai God realm, then refined enough World Crystals to exchange for divine items with White Turtle.
• Chen Mu and White Turtle encountered seven people from the Immortal Martial Continent, including an old man Chen Mu had driven away before, and let them enter the grotto-heavens peacefully.
• Chen Mu reunited with Mingye and the others, then entered the Fifth Grotto-Heaven, the Life Grotto-Heaven, with Elder Ming.
• Chen Mu and Elder Ming made reconnaissance puppets and healing medicines to find and revive animals that had died unnatural deaths.
• After more than five months of work, Chen Mu and Elder Ming each saved ten thousand living beings and completed the trial.

Chen Mu and Zhou Xinle entered the Mind Grotto-Heaven and crossed its illusion-filled desert, where they met Gu Ningbi. She revealed that she had come to help Chen Mu against the Heavenly Court and claimed to be an ancestor’s wife and the Chen Clan’s great-grandmother.

• Chen Mu invited Zhou Xinle to join him in the Eighth Grotto-Heaven, the Mind Grotto-Heaven.
• Chen Mu and Zhou Xinle crossed more than half the desert, resisting its illusions, with Zhou Xinle advancing more easily than Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu recognized Gu Ningbi, whom he had met at the Chen Clan’s place of origin, and questioned why she knew about his conflict with the Heavenly Court.
• Gu Ningbi said she had come to save Chen Mu because the Haotian Empire was preparing to attack the Chen Kingdom.
• Gu Ningbi revealed that she was married to an ancestor of the Chen Clan Tribe and might be called the Chen Clan’s great-grandmother.

Chen Mu learned that Gu Ningbi was connected to his clan’s ancestor after she demonstrated the complete Chen Clan Eight Forms of Body Tempering, and he accepted her as his great-great-grandmother. The group gathered inside their concealment array and turned to the problem of leaving the Kunlun Secret Realm.

• Chen Mu and Zhou Xinle helped Gu Ningbi finish the Mind Grotto-Heaven trial, and the three each chose a divine treasure.
• After the trial participants emerged, Chen Mu killed a man who challenged them, then revealed his Quasi-God Level cultivation to Gu Ningbi.
• Gu Ningbi demonstrated the complete Chen Clan Eight Forms of Body Tempering, convincing Chen Mu she had close ties to his clan’s ancestor.
• Chen Mu paid his respects to Gu Ningbi as his great-great-grandmother, but she told him to address her informally.
• Chen Mu brought Gu Ningbi and Zhou Xinle into the concealment array and asked whether either woman had someone waiting outside to meet her.

A Huo led the Chen Kingdom's army to the valley believed to hold the Heavenly Puppet Sect's gate between planes. After the army attacked and met the valley's defenses, the machine legion pushed into the battle and detected several enemy cultivators.

• A scout reported that Nangong Feng had found a valley with spatial fluctuations, and A Huo ordered the army to assemble.
• A Huo marched tens of thousands of troops to the valley and learned that Nangong Feng's squad had barely escaped an energy vortex there with Taichu's help.
• After resting for three shichen, A Huo ordered the army to attack and the long-range artillery units to bombard the valley.
• A defensive barrier and a powerful formation of lightning, wind, and fire rose to resist the assault.
• A Huo sent the machine legion into the valley, where it fought through the defenses and detected several enemy cultivators.

A Huo led Chen Kingdom forces through the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s valley defenses and located the Gate of Planes. After the formation collapsed, he attacked the gate, but a terrifying force surrounded him and the Demon-Slaying Sword.

• A Huo had Taichu divert more Spirit Network computing power to help the army decipher the valley’s formations.
• A Huo led the Demon-Slaying Sword in powerful attacks that breached the defenses, and Nangong Feng spotted the Gate of Planes.
• Five Heavenly Puppet Sect Sages confronted A Huo’s force, but Chen Kingdom soldiers destroyed the formations protecting them.
• A Huo gave up pursuing the Sages and attacked the Gate of Planes.
• A terrifying force surrounded A Huo and the Demon-Slaying Sword as he prepared to strike the gate again.

A Huo and the Demon-Slaying Sword legion were pulled into a plane gate’s spatial domain, where A Huo revealed that he was helping the Sword-Questioning Sect launch a plane war against the Heavenly Puppet Sect. The chapter ended as Li Sifan confronted Song Yunting and declared the ancient feud between their sects would be settled.

• Nangong Feng realized the Demon-Slaying Sword legion and a Heavenly Puppet Sect Sage were being dragged away from the Pan Emperor Continent, while A Huo urged his soldiers to prepare.
• A Huo gave Nangong Feng orders to attack the stranded Sage, then used a golden formation pillar to activate a connection between the plane gate and another plane.
• A Huo fought off Song Yunting’s gray Qi attacks as the gate linked with the Sword-Questioning Sect’s Brahma Sword World and suppressed the Heavenly Puppet World.
• Li Sifan and the Sword-Questioning Sect’s grandmaster appeared, and Li Sifan confirmed that they intended to begin a plane war against Song Yunting’s Heavenly Puppet Sect.

Chen Mu, A Huo, and the Sword-Questioning Sect’s plan forced the Heavenly Puppet World to open its plane gate to the Brahma Sword World, beginning a war between the planes. A Huo led the invasion and established a foothold in the Heavenly Puppet World, where the Chen Kingdom’s machine army began building a military base.

• Chen Mu, A Huo, and the Sword-Questioning Sect used a golden pillar of light to prevent Song Yunting from closing the plane gate and connect the Heavenly Puppet World to the Brahma Sword World.
• Li Sifan rejected negotiation, and Song Yunting left to prepare the Heavenly Puppet Sect for war.
• A Huo killed the besieged Heavenly Puppet Sect Sage and led the Demon-Slaying Sword Legion through the plane tunnel into the Heavenly Puppet World.
• A Huo’s forces resisted the Heavenly Puppet World’s heavenly lightning while the Chen Kingdom’s machine army poured through the tunnel and drove back local resisters.
• A Huo ordered the machine army to build a military base and assigned the Demon-Slaying Sword members to guard the area until it was complete.

In the Heavenly Puppet World, Song Yunting considered asking the Heavenly Court to rescue the losing Heavenly Puppet Sect, while Fang Mingda urged him to keep fighting. Fang Mingda began laying out a plan to draw out the sect’s full strength, but Song Yunting had not yet agreed to follow it.

• Song Yunting berated the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s leaders for losing ground to the Chen Kingdom despite their greater numbers.
• Fang Mingda said the sect’s disciples lacked military training and promised that more time could turn the war around.
• Song Yunting argued that the Chen Kingdom would reach Heavenly Puppet Peak within a year and proposed asking the Heavenly Court for help.
• Fang Mingda warned that the Heavenly Court sought to swallow the Heavenly Puppet Sect and would exploit its crisis.
• Fang Mingda urged Song Yunting to fight on and explained that desperate circumstances could awaken the people’s full strength.

Song Yunting granted Fang Mingda three more months to show progress, while A Huo explained to Li Sifan how the Chen Kingdom planned to defeat the Heavenly Puppet World by striking its Heavenly Dao Core. Li Sifan agreed to support the risky operation, which A Huo said would take about two months to prepare.

• Song Yunting gave Fang Mingda three months to demonstrate satisfactory progress before considering other options.
• Li Sifan asked A Huo why the Chen Kingdom's advance in the Heavenly Puppet World had slowed, and A Huo said the pause was meant to mislead Song Yunting.
• A Huo showed Li Sifan a plan to attack the Heart of the Heavenly Puppet World after using a technique to block Song Yunting's perception.
• A Huo revealed that the Rune Research Institute had spent more than a decade studying how to invade the Heavenly Dao and could now briefly affect a lower plane's Heavenly Dao.
• Li Sifan agreed to follow A Huo's lead, and A Huo said they needed about two months to build a Rune Core Server before acting.

A Huo launched a covert assault toward Song Yunting while Landuo’s rune masters concealed the advancing fleet from the Heavenly Puppet World’s Heavenly Dao. Li Sifan arrived to observe their technique as the invasion proceeded without trouble.

• Chen Kingdom forces prepared more than thirty rune warships and over ten thousand soldiers for a surprise attack.
• A Huo asked Li Sifan to keep watch on Song Yunting, and Li Sifan agreed to hold him back if necessary.
• Landuo activated the Rune Core instruments, raising a violet beam that began interfering with the Heavenly Puppet World’s Heavenly Dao.
• Song Yunting sensed unease and warned the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s leaders to stay alert, unaware that A Huo’s fleet was approaching under cloud and mist.
• Landuo and the rune masters used streams of blue data to erase the warships’ traces from the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Sifan arrived at the control room, praised the rune masters’ technique, and offered to advise them.

A Huo led the Chen Kingdom’s army to Heavenly Puppet Peak and launched an assault on the Heavenly Puppet Sect. The sect’s enormous Heavenly Puppet Army appeared to defend the summit as the fighting began.

• A Huo’s fleet reached the center of the Heavenly Puppet World, and Heavenly Puppet Peak’s defenses exposed the army’s approach.
• A Huo’s upgraded Pioneer Number Three bombarded the defensive formation while Li Sifan confronted Song Yunting at the summit.
• The Chen Kingdom’s warships tore open the barrier, and A Huo ordered the soldiers to land and attack the peak.
• More than five thousand Heavenly Puppets appeared at the summit, surprising A Huo and Nangong Feng.
• A Huo led three thousand Demon-Slaying Sword warriors into battle against the powerful Heavenly Puppet Army.

The Demon-Slaying Sword destroyed the Heavenly Dao Core beneath the palace, ending Song Yunting’s control of the Heavenly Puppet World and forcing him to flee. The Chen Kingdom and Sword-Questioning Sect divided the spoils, while Li Sifan gained the world and A Huo secluded himself to grow stronger.

• A Huo led the Demon-Slaying Sword past Song Yunting’s explosive bubbles and repeatedly attacked the palace on Heavenly Puppet Peak.
• The Demon-Slaying Sword broke through the palace and found the Heavenly Dao Core beneath it, while Li Sifan kept Song Yunting occupied.
• A Huo and the Demon-Slaying Sword shattered the Heavenly Dao Core, and Song Yunting fled after losing the Heavenly Dao’s power.
• Li Sifan explained that Song Yunting was no longer a major threat because he had lost the Heavenly Puppet World and was unlikely to regain the Void God Realm.
• The Heavenly Puppet Sect surrendered, and the Chen Kingdom and Sword-Questioning Sect divided the spoils, with the Heavenly Puppet World going to Li Sifan.
• A Huo returned to the Chen Kingdom and entered seclusion to improve his strength.

Feng Tianqing arrived too late to enter the Kunlun Secret Realm and learned that the Heavenly Court was waiting to capture Human Clan intruders, possibly including Chen Mu and Baxia. When Chen Mu emerged with Gu Ningbi and Zhou Xinle, Divine Lord Xuanji moved to kill him, but Han Meng intervened to protect the women, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Feng Tianqing reached the Kunlun Secret Realm’s gate in its eighth year and learned that entry had closed.
• Feng Tianqing heard that the Heavenly Court was waiting to catch Human Clan intruders linked to the Chen Kingdom and wondered whether Chen Mu and Baxia were among them.
• Feng Tianqing decided to leave the Tomb of the Gods and contact Di Lin, but three figures emerged from the secret realm before he could go.
• Divine Lord Xuanji recognized Chen Mu and ordered the heavenly soldiers to stop him, while Gu Ningbi and Zhou Xinle asked her to let him go.
• Han Meng appeared and dispelled Xuanji’s pressure on the two women, but Xuanji declared that Chen Mu’s life was hers and the Heavenly Court forces prepared to fight.