Recaps

Qu Jianlei and the others watched the Maiden Star Region after resolving its disturbance, then left after more than twenty days without finding further trouble. As they returned, Qu Jianlei kept the newly acquired Dao Stele private and asked Mobius Ring whether it could help with Saving the Heavens from Tilting.

• Qu Jianlei emerged from the Creation Compass and said they would need about half a month before they could leave, while explaining that the two damaged halves of the Dao Stele rejected each other and resisted being joined.
• Jing Yuexin warned the Empire warships to stay away from the Maiden Star Region, then refused to meet Xiao Moshan's descendants when they arrived seeking an audience.
• The group observed the region for more than twenty days, ruled out immediate dangers, and began their return journey; Wenshi and Qiye left avatars behind to keep watch.
• Qu Jianlei declined Wuchen's request to enter his Abode and view the Dao Stele until he reached the Soul-Splitting Realm, while Mobius Ring privately urged him to treat it with care.
• Qu Jianlei asked Mobius Ring whether the Dao Stele could be used for Saving the Heavens from Tilting.

Qu Jianlei learned more about the danger and possible uses of the incomplete Dao Stele as the team resumed its effort to address Heavenly Tilting. True Venerable Wu'an triggered the Heavenly Tilting Point near Lianxing and fled while Mobius Ring and True Monarch Boping helped divert some of its pursuit.

• Mobius Ring explained that a complete Dao Stele could attract a Mysterious Venerable, and she warned Qu Jianlei to be careful with the Luck Dao Tablet.
• The team returned to Lianxing, where True Monarch Kong Yu joined them and True Monarch Qingxia reported finding another Silent Zone.
• Social Butterfly True Venerable Wu'an volunteered to trigger a Heavenly Tilting Point outside the Lianxing Realm, and Mobius Ring set a three-year limit for his attempt.
• Wu'an triggered the point at the start of the eleventh month and escaped through hundreds of Teleportation Arrays as a burning passage pursued him.
• On the twelfth day, Wu'an returned toward Lianxing, and Mobius Ring and True Monarch Boping used avatars to seize wisps of aura from the passage and draw part of its pursuit away.

Qu Jianlei and the others watched the Heavenly Tilting Point overwhelm the protective array around True Venerable Wu'an, leaving him in grave danger. With Little Sister offering to divine the risks, Qu Jianlei decided to unseal the two Dao Stele pieces and consider intervening.

• True Monarch Kong Yu explained that the grand array could redirect the Heavenly Tilting Point's force, while True Venerable Qigou said Wu'an had other escape measures if the array failed.
• More than ten days later, the Silent Zone and Heavenly Tilting Point began merging, and a fluctuation from the Lianxing Realm caused the merging point's energy to surge.
• The grand array broke, and Wu'an fled through burning stretches of void as the observers feared he would not escape.
• Little Sister urged Qu Jianlei to use the rare opportunity to test his methods and offered to divine indirectly whether the Dao Stele could be used safely.
• Qu Jianlei beckoned True Venerable Jing into his abode and unsealed the two Dao Stele pieces, which released powerful auras and Coercive Pressure.

Qu Jianlei struggled to control the two Dao Stele halves as their auras reacted to the Heavenly Tilting threatening True Venerable Wu'an. After loosening their seals enough for their auras to begin blending, Little Sister judged that Qu Jianlei could attempt to intervene, though the danger remained Mid-High.

• Qu Jianlei resealed the restless Dao Stele halves and sent the Creation Compass and Ritual Artifact outside to conceal their aura and support the situation around True Venerable Wu'an.
• True Monarch Qiye questioned whether Qu Jianlei was going to save True Venerable Wu'an, and Qu Jianlei's phantom replied that he was simulating it.
• Qu Jianlei placed the Dao Stele halves together and cautiously undid two layers of the Nine-Layer Sealing Technique, after which their auras began to blend.
• Little Sister assessed the combined Dao Stele aura and said Qu Jianlei could attempt to act, with the danger rated Mid-High and possibly decreasing.
• Qu Jianlei concluded that he had no choice but to enter the dangerous situation himself.

Qu Jianlei began cautiously releasing the Dao Stele’s aura to rescue True Venerable Wu'an, while True Venerable Wu'an fled through the spatial Maze Array. After Great Shaman Gou reached him with guidance to hide behind Qu Jianlei, Wu'an chose to risk everything and follow.

• Qu Jianlei enlarged the Creation Compass and Giant Axe, then carefully spread the Dao Stele’s aura as True Monarch Qiye sensed its change.
• Qu Jianlei declined to have True Monarch Qiye divine the plan, saying it had already been calculated, and asked everyone to move back.
• Luo Fu insisted on protecting Qu Jianlei and entered his Abode, where Jing Yuexin was staying.
• True Venerable Wu'an used the distorted space to evade the pursuing energy, while preparing for the possibility that he would escape only as a Remnant Soul.
• Great Shaman Gou sent True Venerable Wu'an a message directing him to hide behind True Venerable Qu, and Wu'an rushed toward the summons with all his remaining strength.

Qu Jianlei used the Dao Stele’s aura to resist Lianxing’s increasingly violent Heavenly Tilting, while True Venerable Wu’an clung to his phantom to help shield him. As the thirteenth wave was driven back, Qu Jianlei concluded that the joined Dao Stele fragments could withstand the attack.

• True Venerable Wu'an forced his way through the spatial distortions and clung to True Venerable Qu's towering phantom as the Heavenly Tilting Aura struck it.
• Qu Jianlei held back the Dao Stele’s full power while observing the fluctuations, and he and True Monarch Qiye arranged for Jing Yuexin and another ally to stand ready.
• After half a month of steadily intensifying energy, Lianxing’s Heavenly Tilting erupted in a series of increasingly violent waves.
• When the ninth wave overwhelmed his restraint, Qu Jianlei released the Dao Stele’s aura and told Jing Yuexin to undo its third layer of seal.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the fourth layer undone as successive waves threatened to trigger a complete Heavenly Tilting, and the two Dao Stele fragments joined together.
• The thirteenth wave was forced back by the surging Dao Stele aura, reassuring Qu Jianlei that the fragments could oppose the Heavenly Tilting.

Qu Jianlei used the Dao Stele and the Creation Compass to endure the Heavenly Tilting, and Lianxing World’s Heavenly Tilting Aura abruptly retreated. After breaking free of the fusion point’s lock, he withdrew to recover while True Monarch Kong Yu stood guard.

• Jing Yuexin released the Dao Stele’s fifth seal, and Qu Jianlei sent creation-and-destruction energy into the Creation Compass, which absorbed it and began to recover.
• Qu Jianlei noticed that the fusion point’s attacks were strengthening more slowly, then watched Lianxing World’s Heavenly Tilting Aura and its connections to the fusion point vanish without warning.
• The others discussed the Heavenly Tilting’s rules while Qu Jianlei remained under the fusion point’s lock; over the following months, the lock weakened and he eventually broke free.
• Qu Jianlei left the area, opened a Space Sub-layer, and said he needed about half a month to rest and recover.
• True Monarch Kong Yu volunteered to guard Qu Jianlei and brushed aside the Crystal Ancestor’s question about the Dao Stele’s aura.

After the battle, Qu Jianlei examined the Creation Compass, the Dao Stele, and Giant Axe, then reconsidered whether he should try to preserve the Dao Stele during the coming effort to save Lianxing World's heavens. He decided that saving the world mattered more than repairing the treasure and asked whether the Dao Stele could resist the heavens tilting on its own.

• Qu Jianlei found that the Creation Compass had repaired its old injuries after consuming his Creation and Destruction Divine Ability.
• Qu Jianlei resealed the two Dao Stele halves with a modified seal, allowing True Venerable Jing to observe them more easily.
• Qu Jianlei learned from Violent Obsession that Giant Axe could resist Heavenly Tilting and convert some of it into resources.
• Violent Obsession urged Qu Jianlei to consider using the Dao Stele to save Lianxing World rather than treating it as a treasure he had to repair.
• Qu Jianlei accepted that he should prioritize saving the world over the Dao Stele's condition and asked whether it could resist the heavens tilting by itself.

Qu Jianlei recovered from using the Dao Stele and helped plan the next steps in gathering information and compressing Silent Zones. After the sixth zone was compressed, the group returned to find the Great Shaman had brought back a vast world with the potential to become a Great Thousand World.

• Qu Jianlei told Jing Yuexin to watch the Dao Stele for signs that its two halves could not fuse, then rested for three months.
• Mobius Ring and True Monarch Boping returned, and the group reviewed their test before deciding to visit the sixth Silent Zone and gather information on Lianxing for Xiao Hu.
• Qu Jianlei declined to let Xiao Hu act independently on distress calls or spread subprograms, warning that their current safety might not last after Saving the Heavens from Tilting.
• Qu Jianlei and five True Venerables entered the sixth Silent Zone while the remaining True Monarchs handled side missions; True Monarch Kong Yu and Wuchen led the compression.
• After a little over two years, the six True Venerables emerged with mixed results, and the returning Great Shaman revealed a massive world that might grow into a Great Thousand World.

After the True Monarchs gathered worlds and returned to Lianxing World, True Monarch Jiuping arrived to warn them that others might come to investigate their Saving the Heavens from Tilting operation. Great Monarch Boping exposed hidden observers with extracted Heavenly Tilting Aura, leaving Jiuping stunned by his extreme warning.

• The True Monarchs returned to Lianxing World with seven worlds, and True Monarch Kong Yu gave half his Vitality Aura reward to the Mobius Ring.
• True Monarch Jiuping arrived and said that word of the operation had spread throughout Zhongling World; he asked to observe, but the Mobius Ring warned him not to get involved.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether more Great Monarchs or Mysterious Venerables might come, while Luo Fu and Jing Yuexin supported his decision not to summon Uncle-Master Heng.
• True Monarch Qiye challenged Jiuping's understanding of Saving the Heavens from Tilting, and Great Monarch Boping thanked Jiuping for his warning and told him he could stay but not interfere.
• Great Monarch Boping called on hidden observers to reveal themselves, then sent five avatars carrying extracted Heavenly Tilting Aura in different directions.

True Monarch Boping barred outsiders from entering Lianxing while Qu Jianlei and Xiao Hu organized data and began modeling a plan to save the heavens from tilting. As the Dao Stele’s two sections grew more harmonious, new True Monarchs arrived seeking to observe, and Boping kept Wuya’s Jiuqi outside while Kanshui came with two Yuxiu World True Monarchs.

• True Monarch Boping strengthened Lianxing’s defenses and allowed the formally arriving Jiuping to observe while keeping hidden visitors out.
• True Monarch Wenshi arranged for nearly five thousand warships, and Xiao Hu spent a year gathering Lianxing’s data and began building a model with Qu Jianlei’s help.
• Qu Jianlei ordered Xiao Hu to simulate the Dao Stele, and Jing Yuexin reported that its two sections had begun getting along better.
• True Monarch Boping refused True Monarch Jiuqi’s request to enter Lianxing and told him to remain outside the Boundary Realm.
• Kanshui arrived outside Lianxing with two Yuxiu World True Monarchs after urging them to investigate the effort to save the heavens from tilting.

True Monarch Kanshui and two other True Monarchs entered Lianxing and met Qu Jianlei, who was occupied with an attempt to investigate Lianxing World's fate. Qu Jianlei asked them for a wisp of Yuxiu World's aura, and True Monarch Twin-Wings provided one as the visitors offered their help.

• True Monarch Kanshui persuaded True Monarch Boping to let him, True Monarch Twin-Wings, and True Monarch Pili enter Lianxing, where they found True Monarch Qiaoqi had been forcibly kept after watching the group at work.
• True Monarch Kanshui introduced himself to Qu Jianlei and offered personal help, while True Monarch Twin-Wings and True Monarch Pili listened.
• Qu Jianlei asked for a wisp of Yuxiu World's aura so he could use it to investigate karma and Lianxing World's future.
• After questioning Qu Jianlei's intentions, True Monarch Twin-Wings gave him a Top-Grade Spirit Stone formed from Yuxiu World's aura.
• Qu Jianlei offered a Guardian Rule in return, but True Monarch Twin-Wings declined it, and Qu Jianlei thanked him.

Qu Jianlei divined about Yuxiu World and discovered that the Dao Stele reacted strongly to its aura. He and Jing Yuexin suspected that the stele, which guarded the order between dimensions, needed repair and was drawn to the stability of Yuxiu World’s order.

• Qu Jianlei accepted an Extreme Spirit Stone from True Monarch Twin-Wings and explained that he wanted to calculate the distance between Lianxing World and Yuxiu World.
• Human Head revealed an old connection to Senior Heng, learned that he had attained Mysterious Venerable, and offered Luo Fu a protective treasure containing Yuxiu World’s aura.
• Luo Fu initially refused the treasure, but accepted it after Qu Jianlei urged her to do so.
• Qu Jianlei used the Creation Compass to divine about Yuxiu World and received the puzzling result to seek from himself.
• Mobius Ring asked Qu Jianlei to check the Dao Stele, and Jing Yuexin observed that its sealed sections seemed restless.
• Qu Jianlei tested an Extreme Spirit Stone from Yuxiu World and saw the Dao Stele react strongly, leading him and Jing Yuexin to suspect it needed Yuxiu’s stable aura to replenish and repair its guardianship of order.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin discovered that the Dao Stele reacted to the Extreme Spirit Stones and the arc Light Orb, prompting a plan to take it to Yuxiu World. After Taiyuan and the True Monarchs negotiated permission and assurances, Qu Jianlei revealed that he nurtured the Fate Dao and promised not to harm Yuxiu World.

• Qu Jianlei put the Extreme Spirit Stones in his Inner Space, and the Dao Stele reacted until Luo Fu restored it with the arc Light Orb.
• Qu Jianlei and the Old Woman decided to go to Yuxiu World, but True Monarch Kanshui and the others demanded an explanation and an assessment of the risks.
• The Old Woman and Luo Fu argued over whether the Old Woman had accepted benefits, while Taiyuan challenged Human Head to explain her accusations.
• True Monarch Kanshui agreed to arrange the trip after Taiyuan warned that the group could not bear the karma involved and asked Qu Jianlei to make the necessary promise.
• Qu Jianlei promised to collect some resources from Yuxiu World without harming it and to provide reasonable compensation, then said he nurtured the Fate Dao.

Qu Jianlei negotiated permission to go to Yuxiu World to Warm Nurture the Dao Stele, while the gathered True Monarchs agreed to let him proceed under conditions. True Monarch Kong Yu then learned that Zhongling World was unsuitable, and asked Qu Jianlei to explain why after the effort to Save the Heavens from Tilting.

• Qu Jianlei refused to show Fate and warned that the True Monarchs could not watch from the side if they opposed his visit to Yuxiu World.
• True Monarch Kanshui, Human Head, and True Monarch Twin-Wings agreed to let Qu Jianlei proceed, reserving the right to intervene if the team seemed to threaten the Boundary Realm.
• True Monarch Kong Yu offered Qu Jianlei two Extreme Spirit Stones and proposed Warm Nurturing the Dao Stele in Zhongling World instead of Yuxiu World.
• Qu Jianlei divined that Zhongling World was unsuitable because its deep, stable foundations lacked Yuxiu World's post-calamity vitality.
• True Monarch Kong Yu asked Qu Jianlei to explain the reason after the Saving the Heavens from Tilting effort.

Qu Jianlei brought the group from Lianxing into Yuxiu to find a safe place where he could work on the Dao Stele. At a remote chaotic Energy Mass, he unsealed the Dao Stele in stages and discovered that its back half had grown stronger even as its front half weakened.

• Qu Jianlei told True Monarch Kong Yu that Yuxiu was Lianxing after its tribulation, and Kong Yu asked about the Prophecy and the visitors from Kanshui.
• The group prepared to leave Lianxing, leaving avatars behind except for True Monarch Qiaoqi, whose main body had to remain there, then entered Yuxiu with the Old Woman concealing their auras.
• Mobius Ring and the others surveyed possible locations in Yuxiu, and they chose a remote chaotic Energy Mass after the Dao Stele reacted strongly to it.
• The group entered the Energy Mass, concealed their presence, and completed divination checks before Qu Jianlei brought out the Creation Compass and began unsealing the Dao Stele.
• After opening the first two seals, Qu Jianlei saw that the Dao Stele's front half had weakened while its back half had grown stronger, then opened the third seal in anticipation of a greater change.

Qu Jianlei undid the Dao Stele’s fourth Seal, revealing a powerful Fate Dao aura that prompted the gathered Great Monarchs to debate its nature and the danger it posed to Yuxiu World. As the Dao Stele absorbed energy, it granted Qu Jianlei’s Phantom a protective aura identified as Dao Luck, and the young lady warned him not to let the Great Dao Lunyin sound.

• Qu Jianlei opened the Dao Stele’s fourth Seal, and its violent aura broke through his defenses before the others contained it.
• Human Head, Little Sister, and the other Great Monarchs debated whether the aura came from a Fate Dao treasure, whether Qu Jianlei commanded the True Meaning of Fate, and whether the artifact might drain Yuxiu World’s Spirit Essence.
• Qu Jianlei continued, and the Dao Stele absorbed energy from the Chaotic Energy while sending a mysterious aura into his body.
• Qu Jianlei passed the aura to his Phantom, where it formed a Defensive Qi Membrane and eased the pressure.
• True Monarch Boping, True Monarch Jiuping, True Monarch Wuchen, and the young lady identified the aura as a form of Luck Blessing or Dao Luck, and the young lady warned Qu Jianlei to prevent the Great Dao Lunyin from sounding.

Qu Jianlei undid a fifth Seal on the Dao Stele and, with the True Monarchs’ help, greatly increased its absorption of the Chaotic Energy Mass. The group reduced the estimated absorption time to five or six years, and Old Woman asked whether they could push the process further despite the risk of uncontrollable reactions.

• Qu Jianlei sensed the Dao Stele urging him to release more Seals, then opened the fifth Seal after warning it to remain under control.
• The Dao Stele kept its aura orderly, but Qu Jianlei’s increased suction formed a vortex and disturbed the Energy Mass.
• Little Sister estimated that absorption would take eighty to a hundred years, so Old Woman asked to accelerate it and Mobius Ring promised compensation.
• True Monarch Wenshi offered a Small World and True Monarch Qingxia offered a Middle Thousand World as resources for Qu Jianlei.
• The True Monarchs and True Venerables strengthened their concealment and containment efforts, cutting the estimated time to absorb the Spirit Essence to five or six years.
• Old Woman asked whether Qu Jianlei could increase the absorption further, and the phantom warned that the resulting reactions might no longer be containable.

Qu Jianlei opened the Dao Stele’s seventh Seal layer, sharply increasing the energy he absorbed and forcing the team to help shield him from its dangerous impurities. The chapter ended with him enduring the torment while refusing to use Shaman Cultivator body refinement, which he said would contend against fate.

• Mobius Ring argued that the team could not hide the anomaly for years and urged them to take a bolder step; the others agreed, and Qu Jianlei prepared to undo another Seal layer.
• Qu Jianlei released the Creation Compass as he opened the seventh layer, causing a stronger aura and suction that the team struggled for over ten minutes to stabilize.
• True Monarch Wuchen calculated that Qu Jianlei might need seven or eight months to absorb the energy, while warning that accumulating negative elements posed the greatest danger.
• The young lady manifested the Taiyuan Sea to shield Qu Jianlei, but she and the Great Shaman acknowledged that even their protections could not block all high-dimensional elements.
• Qu Jianlei rejected manifesting the broken Dao Stele because it would absorb energy uncontrollably and cause a much larger disturbance; he also refused to use Shaman Cultivator body refinement because its arts contended against fate.

Qu Jianlei endured the Energy Mass’s negative energy and summoned Giant Axe, whose protection eased the strain on his divine soul. As others debated the Ritual Artifact’s origin and power, he observed the two joined sections of the Dao Stele exchanging energy, with the character for Luck remaining calm.

• Human Head offered to guide the group to other Energy Masses, but Boping, Old Woman, and Jiuping demanded assurances before trusting her.
• Qingxia ordered the group to absorb the current patch first, and Giant Axe appeared as Qu Jianlei summoned the Ritual Artifact to shield his divine soul.
• Twin-Wings recognized Giant Axe and warned Qu Jianlei to put it away, but the artifact blocked much of the negative energy and eased his suffering.
• Twin-Wings considered destroying Giant Axe, while Human Head questioned whether the alien True Monarchs could overcome it and speculated that it was a Shaman Cultivator’s weapon.
• Great Shaman rejected the idea that Giant Axe was connected to Old Ancestor Kaitian, and Paifang Gate joked about allowing an alternate incarnation.
• Qu Jianlei observed that the seventh Seal layer had joined the two broken Dao Stele sections, which began exchanging energy as the character for Luck stayed calm.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin observed the broken Dao Stele recovering as it absorbed Spirit Essence, while a passing True Monarch threatened to complicate the team’s stay in the Energy Mass. Qu Jianlei decided to stop the absorption before draining the mass completely, and the Dao Stele accepted Jing Yuexin’s explanation as the team prepared to leave.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin watched the two halves of the Dao Stele transfer energy and guessed that the rear half resented the front half for failing to seek help.
• A True Monarch’s divine sense detected the Energy Mass, and Mobius Ring warned the intruder away while the team refused to follow Bo Ping’s plan to avoid trouble.
• The team waited three more months without Sabai confronting them, until the Spirit Essence absorption stopped and Giant Axe gathered one last wave before disappearing.
• Qu Jianlei confirmed that the Dao Stele was improving but chose not to wait for it to absorb the remaining Spirit Essence because he sensed unease from Yuxiu Great World.
• Jing Yuexin persuaded the Dao Stele to accept the decision to stop, and its aura eased as Qu Jianlei wondered how she had convinced it.

Jing Yuexin’s conversations with the Dao Stele eased its rejection, and Qu Jianlei assigned her to continue communicating with it. The group acquired a hidden, newly formed Small World to harvest its Spirit Essence, and three days later Qu Jianlei began unsealing the Dao Stele further.

• Jing Yuexin explained that speaking to the Dao Stele had reduced its rejection, and Qu Jianlei put her in charge of communication.
• Qu Jianlei added five layers of Seal to the Dao Stele, leaving two layers undone, while Jing Yuexin encouraged it to speak with him.
• True Monarch Twin-Wings offered a hidden Small World as the next location, and the group settled the payment with True Monarch Wenshi’s Stone.
• Qu Jianlei refused questions about fate and kept the Heroic Spirit’s existence secret when True Monarch Twin-Wings asked about treasures that resisted the Higher Dimension.
• True Monarch Wenshi divined the Small World’s potential, and the group chose it as their next place to harvest Spirit Essence.
• After three days of preparations, Qu Jianlei began undoing the Seal on the Dao Stele.

Qu Jianlei and the Yuxiu True Monarchs argued over who could claim the Small World formed from Yuxiu’s Spirit Essence until the Mysterious Venerable intervened and accused them of theft. The dispute escalated when True Monarch Sabai tried to inspect the visitors, and the Mysterious Venerable ordered everyone to leave except the one carrying the axe Ritual Artifact.

• Qu Jianlei absorbed Spirit Essence from the Small World with the Dao Stele, then brought out Giant Axe at the Heroic Spirits’ request.
• True Monarch Wenshi and True Monarch Twin-Wings disputed whether Wenshi’s side could take the Small World away after a year.
• The Mysterious Venerable appeared, accused the group of stealing Yuxiu’s Spirit Essence, and ordered True Monarch Sabai to inspect them.
• True Monarch Sabai demanded cooperation, but True Monarch Boping, Mobius Ring, and others refused to let him inspect the group.
• The Mysterious Venerable ordered everyone to leave except the person using the axe Ritual Artifact, while Human Head warned that the artifact was extremely ominous.

The Cultivators left Yuxiu after the Mysterious Venerable intervened, and Wenshi allowed Twin-Wings to join them in Lianxing under close watch. The group then discussed the Spirit Essence needed to warm the Dao Stele, while Xiaoyou’s rivalry with Han Li resurfaced.

• The Mysterious Venerable ended the confrontation, and Wenshi gave Twin-Wings a Small World to settle their grievances before inviting it into Lianxing on condition it not split off avatars.
• Twin-Wings joined the Cultivators inside the Boundary Realm, where they believed any hidden method for transmitting information would stop working.
• Old Woman asked about finding more Spirit Essence, but Qu Jianlei explained that the Dao Stele required a place with stable low-dimensional order, which they could not reliably identify.
• Human Head suggested contacting Senior Heng for Spirit Essence, then argued with True Monarch Jiuping when he challenged her.
• Xiaoyou declared that she could not lose to Han Li, and Wenshi interrupted Qingxia to defend his junior from her teasing.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Dao Stele might be too difficult to restore and considered using it to help avert the tilting heaven, but Jing Yuexin’s discovery that it had split again made him fear it was protecting Lianxing World. Torn between the stele, his companions, and the people who depended on him, he decided to consult the Obsessions within the Ritual Artifact.

• True Monarch Wuchen suggested a newly born Great World as a possible source of Spirit Essence, but its Mysterious Venerable guardian and the centuries needed to reach it made the plan impractical.
• Qu Jianlei told Jing Yuexin that treasures were meant to be used, revealing he had already accepted that the Dao Stele might need to be consumed or sacrificed.
• Jing Yuexin summoned Qu Jianlei after the Dao Stele split into two sections again, and he wondered whether it was suppressing an anomaly that could threaten the Empire.
• Qu Jianlei agonized over sacrificing a treasure that had protected him and Lianxing World, while Jing Yuexin left the decision to him.
• Qu Jianlei decided to seek advice from the Obsessions within the Ritual Artifact rather than the interested True Monarchs.