Chapter Summaries

The Wu Wind Clan prepared a heaven-sacrificing ceremony to have the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao recognize the Heavenly Emperor as Lord of Heaven, in exchange for permission to move to the Nine Heavens Realm. After Wu Xiong discovered Chen Mu’s scouts, Ye Beihen pursued the intruders, leaving Chen Mu and his companions to face an approaching group.

• Wu Xiong confirmed with Ye Beihen that the Wu Wind Clan would be allowed to move to the Nine Heavens Realm after the ceremony.
• Wu Xiong explained that the ceremony would use shamanic arts to have the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao acknowledge the Heavenly Emperor as Lord of Heaven.
• Wu Xiong’s warriors brought more than a hundred captives to the altar as sacrifices.
• Wu Xiong detected Chen Mu’s Talisman Puppet insects, destroyed them, and sent warriors to search for the spy.
• Ye Beihen left Wu Xiong to conduct the ceremony and followed the trail with several warriors.
• Chen Mu hid with his companions, but his radar showed pursuers closing in, so he decided they had to stand and fight.

Chen Mu and his companions fought Ye Beihen and his followers while racing to destroy the altar. After studying Ye Beihen’s Sole Supremacy Technique, Chen Mu gained insight into improving his Dao Unification state, and Mingye stayed behind to hold off Ye Beihen as the others continued toward the altar.

• Chen Mu ordered his companions to attack Ye Beihen and fought him at close quarters, but Ye Beihen used the Sole Supremacy Technique to slow Chen Mu and knock him into a crater.
• Mingye used the Netherworld Pearl to disable Ye Beihen’s followers, allowing Gu Ningbi and Mingye to injure them.
• Chen Mu rose and struck Ye Beihen, explaining that he had been studying the Sole Supremacy Technique and gained inspiration for his Dao Unification state.
• Gu Ningbi urged the group to prioritize destroying the altar, but Ye Beihen recovered and pursued them with a sword.
• Mingye stayed behind to cover the rear while Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Di Yun continued toward the altar.

Shaman God Peng Xi performed a mass living sacrifice to attract the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao, hoping the Heavenly Court would help him become a True God. Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Di Yun rushed toward the altar as Chen Mu recognized how Peng Xi had exploited the Heavenly Dao.

• Peng Xi summoned the Shaman God’s image and promised the Wu Wind Clan merit if the Heavenly Emperor’s plan succeeded.
• Peng Xi spread black mist over the sacrifices, activating Shaman Runes that made them appear to sacrifice themselves.
• Peng Xi activated the Blood Spirit Heaven-Sacrificing Grand Array, and the sacrifices’ flesh and blood fed the runes.
• The Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao answered Peng Xi’s sacrifice with a golden pillar of light.
• Gu Ningbi questioned why the Heavenly Dao favored Peng Xi, and Chen Mu explained that Peng Xi had used the runes to disguise involuntary deaths as suicide sacrifices.

Chen Mu, Di Yun, and Gu Ningbi charged into the Blood Spirit Heaven-Sacrificing Grand Array to rescue Di Yun’s relatives and disrupt the ritual. Chen Mu broke the Shaman Runes trapping the captives, while Gu Ningbi held off Peng Xi and Di Yun fought the guards.

• Di Yun rushed toward the altar, but Chen Mu stopped him and studied the shaman array before proposing they rescue the captives together.
• Chen Mu opened a passage through the array with the Wentian Divine Spear, and Di Yun charged inside to fight the Wu Wind Tribe warriors.
• Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi released their domains, weakening the guards as the three advanced toward the captives.
• Peng Xi attacked the intruders, and Gu Ningbi used the Black Feather Armor and Dark Soul Bell to block his black Qi cones.
• Chen Mu shattered the Shaman Runes trapping the captives, and Di Yun caught his older brother as the captives fell free.

Peng Xi left Wu Xiong to maintain the heaven-sacrificing ceremony while he fought Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi, who worked together to hold the Shaman God back. Below, Di Yun helped the captives escape, but altar guards began recapturing them.

• Peng Xi gave Wu Xiong his shamanic implements and assigned him to oversee the heaven-sacrificing ceremony before attacking Gu Ningbi at full strength.
• Chen Mu used the Primordial Eye's Dao Unification form and the Wentian Divine Spear to withstand Peng Xi's attacks.
• Gu Ningbi struck Peng Xi with a divine sense attack, weakening him and allowing Chen Mu to keep fighting without the Primordial Eye.
• Di Yun helped the newly awakened captives flee while altar guards continued to arrive and recapture some of them.

Chen Mu gave the weakened captives Great Strength Pills, allowing them to fight back and rescue the others while he and Gu Ningbi battled Peng Xi. The Myriad Peng Demon Lord arrived to help Peng Xi, leaving Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi overwhelmed as Chen Mu tried to understand Ye Beihen’s Sole Supremacy Technique.

• Di Yun told his big brother and second uncle that he had sent word to the other tribes and urged them to hold out until help arrived.
• Chen Mu gave Great Strength Pills to the captives, restoring their strength so they could turn the fight around and rescue those who had been taken away.
• Peng Xi called for help from Wan Peng and Mo Tan as he struggled against Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi.
• The Myriad Peng Demon Lord arrived and attacked Gu Ningbi, but Chen Mu drew him away and defended her while Peng Xi unleashed the Ten Thousand Poisons Bone-Eroding Curse.
• Little Blue blocked Peng Xi’s curse, but Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi remained at a disadvantage against the two gods.
• Chen Mu analyzed his enemies’ techniques and wondered how Ye Beihen’s Sole Supremacy Technique had commanded heaven and earth.

Chen Mu transformed his combat techniques by learning to reverse the Rules of Heaven and Earth, allowing him to fight the Myriad Peng Demon Lord, Peng Xi, and Mo Tan. Peng Xi recaptured the prisoners, and as Chen Mu prepared to expose Lingming’s unfinished runic mechanism, another powerful god arrived.

• Chen Mu experimented with reversing the Rules of Heaven and Earth and developed a stronger technique that combined following and reversing them.
• Chen Mu’s transformed combat skills let him suppress the Myriad Peng Demon Lord and hold off Peng Xi while Di Yun led the captives toward the formation’s edge.
• Peng Xi abandoned his fight with Chen Mu to stop the captives, and Mo Tan arrived to help the Myriad Peng Demon Lord.
• Chen Mu evaded Mo Tan’s attack and trapped him in a spatial black hole, but Mo Tan broke free and Peng Xi recaptured all the prisoners.
• Chen Mu learned that Lingming had not finished setting up the runic mechanism, then sensed another powerful god approaching.

Peng Xi’s living sacrifice was interrupted as Bi Wu and other gods arrived, but Peng Xi used his treasures to open a path for Heavenly Emperor Haoyu into Kunlun Heaven. The gods confronted Peng Xi over his plan, and the chapter ended as Haoyu’s presence began to seep through the torn realm barrier.

• Bi Wu arrived and attacked Peng Xi, preventing him from recapturing the prisoners.
• A female god in green held off the Myriad Peng Demon Lord and the King of Motan while Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi rested.
• The Three Mountains Patriarch arrived and ordered the fighting to stop, then condemned Peng Xi for violating the ban on living sacrifices.
• Peng Xi defended his attempt to join the Heavenly Court, but the Three Mountains Patriarch and the gathered gods rejected his argument and demanded his surrender.
• Peng Xi used his three supreme treasures of the Shaman Dao to tear open Kunlun Heaven’s barrier and admit Heavenly Emperor Haoyu.

Heavenly Emperor Haoyu entered Kunlun Heaven through an avatar and attacked the gods and Chen Mu’s group. As Chen Mu and the others fled, Haoyu sent a golden dragon after them while an approaching company hurried through the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.

• Three Mountains Patriarch used a tortoise-shell array to suppress the rift, but Heavenly Emperor Haoyu tore through it and entered Kunlun Heaven with his avatar.
• Peng Xi, the Myriad Peng Demon Lord, and the King of Motan paid respects to Haoyu, while Ye Beihen joined him and called him Master.
• Haoyu attacked Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Mingye, but Chen Mu used God-Slaying Art, Game Annihilation to break through the spatial compression and help them escape.
• Haoyu attacked Three Mountains Patriarch and the other gods, who countered with their divine arts, but his Thunder Heavenly Punishment forced them onto the defensive.
• While the gods fought Haoyu, he spat out Black and Yellow Qi that became a golden dragon pursuing Chen Mu and the others.
• A company moved through the deepest reaches of the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range as someone urged Mutou to stay safe until they arrived.

Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Mingye fought the Heavenly Emperor’s golden dragon while Chen Mu’s missiles disrupted the Heavenly Emperor long enough for them to destroy it. The Heavenly Emperor caught up with them and offered Chen Mu a place in the Talisman Department, leaving Chen Mu facing a dangerous choice.

• Gu Ningbi stopped to face the Heavenly Emperor, but Chen Mu and Mingye turned back to help her, while Chen Mu ordered Lingming to activate the runic mechanisms and escape.
• Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Mingye struggled against the golden dragon as three missiles struck near the altar and briefly disrupted the Heavenly Emperor’s presence.
• Chen Mu and his companions seized the opening, destroyed the weakened golden dragon, and fled toward the edge of the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.
• The Heavenly Emperor appeared before them and destroyed the mechanical Rune Artifacts Chen Mu had planted in the woods.
• The Heavenly Emperor recognized Chen Mu and offered him a place in the Talisman Department, making clear that refusing could mean death.

The Heavenly Emperor attacked Chen Mu with the Ancient Emperor World-Destroying Sword, and Mingye sacrificed herself with the Seven-Colored Self-Sacrifice Curse to stop the blow. Grief-stricken, Chen Mu charged the weakened Heavenly Emperor, while Gu Ningbi collected Mingye’s fallen treasures.

• The Heavenly Emperor formed the Ancient Emperor World-Destroying Sword and struck at the immobilized Chen Mu.
• Mingye appeared between Chen Mu and the sword and revealed the forbidden curse she had learned from Ancestor Yan Xue’s inheritance.
• Mingye cast the Seven-Colored Self-Sacrifice Curse, shattering the Heavenly Emperor’s sword and hurling him into the ground.
• Chen Mu mourned Mingye, then attacked the Heavenly Emperor with blood mist and blue flames, overpowering him as the curse’s corrosion weakened him.
• Gu Ningbi picked up the black bead and small cyan porcelain bottle that had fallen where Mingye vanished.

Chen Haoran and the Undying Legion drove off the Heavenly Emperor, but Chen Mu remained consumed by rage until Gu Ningbi revealed that Mingye’s true spirit might still be saved. As Chen Mu prepared to leave for the Nine Nether Netherworld, Chen Haoran rushed toward the divine tree after sensing trouble, and Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi followed.

• Chen Haoran and the Undying Legion struck the Heavenly Emperor, who fled through a black hole with Ye Beihen and abandoned Peng Xi, the Myriad Peng Demon Lord, and the king of the Mo Tan.
• Chen Mu, still burning his bloodline and enraged, attacked Chen Haoran until Gu Ningbi calmed him by saying Mingye’s true spirit remained inside the Netherworld Pearl.
• Gu Ningbi gave Chen Mu the Netherworld Pearl and a small porcelain bottle, and Chen Mu resolved to go to the Nine Nether Netherworld to seek a way to revive Mingye.
• Chen Mu apologized to Chen Haoran and said he had to leave immediately, but Chen Haoran suddenly hurried toward the divine tree in the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.
• Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi followed Chen Haoran, while Chen Mu took pills to recover some strength after burning his essence blood.

Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi reached Jianmu Hill, where Chen Haoran had destroyed the Heavenly Emperor’s incarnation. Chen Mu learned that the Kunlun Heaven Realm would collapse within a year and agreed to wait before going to the Nine Nether Netherworld to resurrect Mingye.

• Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi entered Jianmu Hill and found Chen Haoran besieging the Heavenly Emperor’s incarnation with blood-red swords.
• The Heavenly Emperor vanished after being pierced by the swords, while Chen Haoran warned that he still planned to reclaim the Heart of Pan Emperor.
• Chen Haoran identified the divine tree as the World Tree, or Jianmu, and explained that the Heart of Pan Emperor lay within its crown.
• Chen Mu asked to go to the Nine Nether Netherworld, but Chen Haoran warned that leaving the Kunlun Heaven Realm would expose him to the Heavenly Emperor’s true body.
• Chen Mu agreed to wait a year, and Chen Haoran explained that Jianmu Hill’s translucent guardians were Undying Battle Souls formed from the obsessions of fallen defenders.

Chen Mu convened the Chen Kingdom’s leaders after learning that Heavenly King Linlang would lead an invasion, while Mingye was unable to fight and Chen Mu’s true body was trapped in Kunlun Heaven. He ordered the kingdom to strengthen its forces by expanding trade and military alliances, leaving his advisers to weigh the risks of supplying more powerful weapons.

• Gu Zi'an informed Chen Hongjie that the Heavenly Court was preparing an invasion led by Heavenly King Linlang, and Chen Hongjie received Chen Mu’s summons to a Spirit Network meeting.
• Chen Mu told the assembled leaders that Mingye had lost her ability to fight and that his true body could not return from Kunlun Heaven for ten years.
• Chen Mu approved opening the Chen Kingdom’s starry sky trade and lifting restrictions on cooperation with the Netherworld to build up military strength.
• Chen Zihu proposed expanding the kingdom’s cooperation with the Dragon-Toppling Society, and Chen Mu ordered a military alliance and permission to supply equipment below God Level.
• The leaders questioned the risks of selling more powerful military equipment to the Dragon-Toppling Society.

Chen Mu proposed making the Chen Kingdom’s basic cultivation classics freely available through its Spirit Network platform to strengthen ordinary cultivators and expand the Spirit Magnetic Network System. He left his allies and officials to help implement the plan and spread the network among friendly factions, confident that the resulting advantages would pressure others to join.

• Chen Mu told the Dragon-Toppling Society and the Sword-Questioning Sect that the Chen Kingdom would supply them with armaments, and Wei Shan agreed to explain the alliance to his sect master.
• Chen Mu summoned Nan Yuanshan, Kong Yu, Hou Sailei, and Guo Xiaohan to discuss a new policy.
• Chen Mu proposed opening the library’s basic cultivation classics to outsiders through the Spirit Network platform, explaining that the manuals offered no path to forming a core and that access would require the platform.
• Chen Zihu warned that the policy could empower future generations to overthrow the Chen Kingdom, but Chen Mu dismissed the concern and emphasized the network’s strategic value.
• Landuo said the Haotian Empire would prevent base stations from being built in its territories, and Chen Mu replied that the Chen Kingdom would connect friendly factions first and let the widening gap pressure others to follow.

Chen Mu explained his plan to open basic cultivation texts through the Spirit Network and launch a contribution-based points system, then announced it would take effect a week later. When the policy began, cultivators in a teahouse debated buying Spirit Network Jade Talismans, and Daoist Beiyao offered to take them into the Spirit Network Realm for a fee.

• Chen Mu described how cultivators could earn points by contributing to the Chen Kingdom and exchange them for advanced knowledge and goods.
• Most of Chen Mu's companions accepted his plan, and he said the policy would be announced that afternoon and implemented in a week.
• A week later, people at a teahouse discussed the Spirit Network Realm's offer of free access to cultivation texts below Yellow grade.
• A burly man offered to treat anyone who entered the Spirit Network Realm and confirmed the news, but the cautious patrons stayed silent.
• Daoist Beiyao offered to take several people into the Spirit Network Realm on his Realm Disk for five first-grade Spirit Stones each.

Daoist Beiyao brought five cultivators into the Spirit Network Realm and showed them how to browse its cultivation texts. After examining a flawless Black Tiger Fist manual and finding a wealth of other texts, the group became convinced the collection was genuine and could help them improve.

• Daoist Beiyao accepted Spirit Stones from the burly man and led him and four other cultivators into the Spirit Network Realm.
• Daoist Beiyao explained how to summon pillars of light and browse texts as the five saw the crowded realm expanding.
• The burly man summoned a shared pillar of light, and the group browsed cultivation arts and martial techniques.
• The short, stout man examined the Black Tiger Fist manual and found it more complete than the version he practiced.
• The group continued browsing cultivation texts, including basic soul cultivation arts and numerous cultivation notes.

Chen Mu and Taichu expanded the Spirit Network Realm to handle a billion cultivators as Chen Kingdom launched starry sky trade, allied with the Nether Clan, and deepened ties with the Sword-Questioning Sect. Long Bo grew alarmed at Chen Kingdom’s ambitions while awaiting the Heavenly Court’s campaign.

• A female martial artist and four others left the Spirit Network Realm after becoming mentally exhausted, and Daoist Beiyao brought in five more customers.
• Taichu and Chen Mu worked to expand the Spirit Network Realm, which grew dozens of times larger and reached capacity for more than a billion cultivators online at once.
• Chen Kingdom opened the Ancient Starry Sky Road for interstellar trade and established Night Nether City as a protected home for Nether Clan members, with Mingye as city lord and Li Wei handling its affairs.
• The Sword-Questioning Sect established branches in Chen Kingdom’s major cities and agreed to help maintain order and fight at the borders.
• Long Bo condemned Chen Kingdom’s starry sky trade, but Gao Hanfei urged restraint; Long Bo concluded that Chen Kingdom’s plans had begun years earlier.

Long Bo rejected Wen Dao’s request to attack the Chen Kingdom, choosing to wait for reinforcements and focus on breaking through to godhood. Meanwhile, Devil Master Kane ordered the Winged Devil Clan to plunder Chen Kingdom cargo in the Starry Sky Passage, as the kingdom’s trade with other planes continued to grow.

• Wen Dao asked Long Bo to let him lead another all-out attack on the Chen Kingdom, but Long Bo refused and said he would wait for Heavenly King Linlang’s forces while pursuing his breakthrough.
• Wen Dao pledged to guard the border for three years while Long Bo focused on cultivation.
• Devil Master Kane entered the Spirit Network Realm and discussed the Chen Kingdom’s inventions and growing strength with Gudanni.
• Kane ordered the Winged Devil Clan to plunder Chen Kingdom cargo in the Starry Sky Passage without killing the traders, so the Chen Kingdom could continue troubling the Heavenly Court.
• The Chen Kingdom established trade partnerships with several planes, including the Thousand Illusions Demon Realm, where Heavenly God Di Lin usually resided.

White Turtle led Chen Kingdom forces to respond after the Winged Devil Race raided a caravan in the starry sky. He confronted the raiders and launched an attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Di Lin praised White Turtle for Chen Kingdom's growth at Ten Thousand Stars Pass, and they reflected on Rune Ancestor's long absence.
• White Turtle received a distress message showing that Winged Devils had surrounded a Chen Kingdom caravan and stolen its goods.
• White Turtle refused Di Lin's offer of help and took over a hundred warships through the Starry Sky Passage to defend the caravan.
• White Turtle found the caravan's people unharmed and demanded that the Winged Devils return the goods.
• A ten-winged god-level Winged Devil refused, and White Turtle led the Chen Kingdom fleet into battle.