Arc 98The Heaven-Stealing Path

Fang Chen restored the Heavenly River Diagram, made Longevity Dao Fruits that granted his companions eternal life, and cultivated in the Outer Heavens Source Space. He then led his companions toward the Heaven-Stealing Path, where Little Crane revealed a connection to the Void Emperor and guided them to its first node.

  • Fang Chen removed the three spikes from the Heavenly River Diagram, restored its Origin, and reunited with his companions.
  • Fang Chen studied the Heavenly Mechanism Tower’s books and refined Longevity Dao Fruits that repaired Life Wheels and granted eternal life to him, Ye Qingci, and their companions.
  • Fang Chen met the Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King, learned about stealing the Heaven and Earth Origin, and cultivated in the Outer Heavens Source Space.
  • Fang Chen chose the Light Origin as his Sixth Origin but failed to fuse it with the Five Elements Origin, then accepted the mission to enter the Land of Ending and steal Heavenly Dao Origin.
  • Fang Chen brought his companions into the Land of Ending, where they found a remnant of the Heavenly Martial Immortal King and learned that the Heaven-Stealing Path lay deep within the region.
  • Little Crane found Void Divine Stones and sang the Void Emperor Song, causing the Guardians of the Path to Heaven to recognize her as the Void Emperor’s inheritor.
  • Little Crane absorbed more Void Divine Stones, followed the route in the Yin-Yang Jade through a Void Storm belt, and brought the group to the first node on the path.
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Ch. 2426Porcupine True Demon Emperor

After removing the Heavenly River Diagram’s three spikes, Fang Chen learned he could cultivate in the Outer Heavens Source Space and discovered the spikes belonged to the Porcupine True Demon Emperor. He tested whether Little Crane could store them, but her attempt failed.

  • The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit told Fang Chen he could cultivate in the Outer Heavens Source Space, where time flowed ten thousand times faster, and said his aura had reached the Third-Turn Immortal King Realm.
  • Fang Chen examined the three spikes and learned they belonged to the Porcupine True Demon Emperor, a powerful ally of the World Will who had once defeated the Artifact Spirit’s master.
  • Fang Chen vowed to kill the Porcupine True Demon Emperor and avenge Senior Tianhe if it was still alive.
  • Fang Chen summoned Little Crane, and the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit was unable to determine whether she was a Magic Treasure or a living being.
  • At Fang Chen’s request, Little Crane tried to store the three spikes in the Spirit Crane Space, but she could not draw them in.

Ch. 2427The Spikes Were Taken Away

Fang Chen removed the three spikes from the Heavenly River Diagram's Origin, restoring it, and told his companions he had reached the Immortal King Realm. He left them wondering what his exact Cultivation realm was.

  • Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Ring to absorb the three spikes after the Swallowing Heaven Tower and Heaven Refining Furnace failed, and the ring's power strengthened him.
  • The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit thanked Fang Chen as he took the spikes and left to visit his friends.
  • Fang Chen met Chaos Great Immortal, Great Immortal Liuli, Xuanhuang Great Immortal, Great Emperor Huo Li, Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, Myna bird, and Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm in a Palace.
  • Fang Chen explained that he had cultivated for more than four million years in the Heavenly River Diagram Source Space, reached the Immortal King Realm, and removed the spikes, fully restoring the Diagram's Origin.
  • Fang Chen revealed that the Artifact Spirit's struggle to suppress the spikes had allowed the Five Great Families to grow powerful, and Great Immortal Liuli asked what Cultivation realm he had reached.

Ch. 2428The Master of the Heavenly River Diagram

Fang Chen told his allies he planned to enter the Heavenly River Diagram Source Space to pursue strength beyond the Immortal King Realm before the Great Calamity. After reviewing the Human Race’s progress, he went to the mountainside with Ye Qingci and asked how strong she had become.

  • Fang Chen revealed that he was still in the Great Emperor Realm and explained that the Outer Heavens Origin Space accelerated time ten thousand times, giving him a chance to pursue the realm beyond Immortal King.
  • Fang Chen warned that the World Will’s side had many Immortal Emperor-grade Experts while their own side had none, and he and the others discussed why the World Will had not yet attacked.
  • Fang Chen learned that the Five Great Families had been revived, admitted their mistakes, and were working to repay their debts.
  • Fang Chen heard that the Human Race had expanded into the Land of Ending, strengthened the Ghost Realm, and gained three Nine-Revolutions Great Immortals and more than fifty Eight-Revolutions Great Immortals.
  • Fang Chen went with Ye Qingci to a mountain summit and asked how strong she had become after cultivating for more than two million years in a Time Acceleration Secret Realm.

Ch. 2429Wanted to Watch You Make Pills

After telling Fang Chen that she had reached the Half-Step Immortal King Realm, Ye Qingci joined him as he prepared to make Longevity Pills for cultivation in the Outer Heavens Source Space. Once Chaos Great Immortal, Ye Qingci, and the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit gathered to watch, Fang Chen realized he had never seen the pill formula.

  • Ye Qingci told Fang Chen she had reached the Half-Step Immortal King Realm more than two thousand years earlier and expected to break through soon.
  • Fang Chen told Ye Qingci he planned to make Longevity Pills before entering the Outer Heavens Source Space, and asked Chaos Great Immortal to gather enough ingredients for one million pills.
  • Chaos Great Immortal collected the ingredients over three days and delivered them to Fang Chen, then asked to watch him make the pills.
  • Fang Chen brought Ye Qingci and Chaos Great Immortal to a Hanging Island in the Heavenly River Diagram Space, where the Artifact Spirit joined them to watch.
  • Fang Chen expanded the Heaven Refining Furnace and put all the ingredients inside, then admitted he had never seen the Longevity Pill formula.

Ch. 2430The Heavenly Mechanism Tower's Pagoda Spirit

Fang Chen agreed to receive every book in the Heavenly Mechanism Tower directly into his soul, expecting the transfer to take a hundred years. With the Pagoda Spirit’s help and the Floating Immortal Ring strengthening his soul, he absorbed the entire collection in just thirty years.

  • Fang Chen asked the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit to transfer the Heavenly Mechanism Tower’s books to him so he could study pill formulas and create useful treasures.
  • Fang Chen sent Ye Qingci and Chaos Great Immortal away to cultivate while he underwent the transfer.
  • The Pagoda Spirit emerged and learned Fang Chen had reached the Immortal King Realm and had already removed the three spikes that troubled the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit.
  • The Pagoda Spirit pressed the shrunken tower to Fang Chen’s brow and poured the tower’s books into his Sea of Consciousness.
  • The Floating Immortal Ring eased the strain on Fang Chen’s soul and strengthened it as he absorbed the information.
  • After thirty years, the Pagoda Spirit finished the transfer and explained that Fang Chen’s growing capacity had made it far faster than expected.

Ch. 2431Longevity Dao Fruit

Fang Chen fused the Longevity Pill formulas he learned from the Heavenly Mechanism Tower and began refining a pill with the Heaven Refining Furnace. After the furnace underwent Tribulation Transcendence, it produced red Longevity Dao Fruits, leaving the onlookers astonished by the legendary medicine.

  • Fang Chen spent a month fusing the Longevity Pill formulas into a more perfect medicinal formula, then left the Heavenly Mechanism Tower with its Pagoda Spirit and the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit.
  • Fang Chen summoned Ye Qingci and the Chaos Great Immortal, introduced the Pagoda Spirit, and began refining with the Heaven Refining Furnace while eating hot pot with his Manifestations.
  • A year later, Fang Chen's Manifestations attacked the furnace, and the Silhouette in the Eight Trigrams Array Diagram spent three years condensing Dao Patterns.
  • The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit sent the furnace beyond the Outer Heavens to undergo Tribulation Transcendence, and it returned stronger three months later.
  • Azure vines grew from the furnace and bore red fruits that the Chaos Great Immortal recognized as legendary Longevity Dao Fruits.

Ch. 2432Life Wheel Restored, Lifespan Without End

Fang Chen discovered that the red fruits growing on the Heaven Refining Furnace were Longevity Dao Fruits, and found that eating them restored his damaged Life Wheel and granted him eternal life. Ye Qingci gained eternal life as well, and Chaos Great Immortal began examining their Life Wheels.

  • Fang Chen identified the red fruits on the Heaven Refining Furnace as legendary Longevity Dao Fruits and picked more than a dozen.
  • Fang Chen ate one Longevity Dao Fruit and saw it rapidly repair the Cracks in his Life Wheel.
  • Fang Chen ate nine more fruits, completely restored his Life Wheel, and gained eternal life.
  • Ye Qingci ate a Longevity Dao Fruit and found that her Life Wheel could gather Life Essence without leaking it, granting her eternal life.
  • Fang Chen asked Chaos Great Immortal to examine his and Ye Qingci's Life Wheels, and Chaos Great Immortal agreed.

Ch. 2433Could Not Be Preserved

Fang Chen distributed the Longevity Dao Fruits he had refined after discovering that they were already breaking down and could not be preserved. Great Emperor Huo Li and Myna Bird ate the fruits, and the chapter ended with Fang Chen asking Myna Bird how he felt.

  • Chaos Great Immortal confirmed that the Longevity Dao Fruits gave Life Wheels golden color and stopped their Life Essence from leaking, and Fang Chen decided to share the fruits as rewards.
  • The Heavenly Mechanism Tower's Artifact Spirit noticed the picked fruits were breaking down, so Fang Chen and Chaos Great Immortal agreed to distribute them quickly.
  • Fang Chen gave most of the fruits to Chaos Great Immortal and kept two hundred to share with Great Emperor Huo Li, Ye Kong, Myna Bird, Li Qingyao, Yue Canglan, and the others.
  • Fang Chen explained that he had refined more than ten thousand Longevity Dao Fruits and urged everyone to eat them before they rotted.
  • Myna Bird and Great Emperor Huo Li ate a Longevity Dao Fruit, and Huo Li found that his Life Wheel had turned gold and could draw in Life Essence.
  • Fang Chen asked Myna Bird how he felt after eating his fruit.

Ch. 2434Meeting the Immortal Kings

Fang Chen gave Longevity Dao Fruits to his companions, then entered the Outer Heavens Source Space to train. There, he met the Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King, who welcomed him as a new Immortal King.

  • Fang Chen gave Longevity Dao Fruits to Yue Canglan, Ye Kong, Li Qingyao, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and they gained longevity.
  • Fang Chen said goodbye to his companions and asked the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit how to reach the Outer Heavens Source Space.
  • The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit sent a beam of Golden Light into the sky, and Fang Chen followed it through a Space Vortex into the Outer Heavens Source Space.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King sensed Fang Chen's arrival and appeared before him.
  • Fang Chen introduced himself and asked the two Immortal Kings to guide him as he trained in the Outer Heavens Source Space.

Ch. 2435Steal the Heavens

Fang Chen revealed that he had reached Immortal King-level strength while still in the Great Emperor Realm by following the Fusion Dao, making him nearly unsuppressible in the Land of Ending. The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King invited him to enter the Land of Ending and steal the Heaven and Earth Origin, then explained the history of the Savage World's calamities.

  • Fang Chen showed his Emperor Seal and explained that he had fused the Five Elements Origin while remaining in the Great Emperor Realm.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King said Fang Chen's strength made him effectively invincible in the Land of Ending because its World Will remained asleep.
  • The Black Phoenix Immortal King proposed taking Fang Chen into the Land of Ending to steal its treasures, and the Nether Prison Immortal King invited him to help steal the Heaven and Earth Origin.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King explained that the World Will could not fully control the Heaven and Earth Origin and described the First Great Calamity, in which both it and the Savage World's cultivators suffered immense losses.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King recounted how the Ancient Heavenly Court launched the Second Great Calamity, only for the Devil Race to betray them before they could secure victory.

Ch. 2436The Artifact Spirit's Advice

The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King urged Fang Chen to enter the Land of Ending and obtain Heaven and Earth Origin, which could strengthen Cultivators and accelerate cultivation. After confirming the risks and benefits with the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit, Fang Chen decided to build up his strength before attempting the journey.

  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King explained that Heaven and Earth Origin could help them grow stronger and might let them reach the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • Fang Chen left the Outer Heavens Source Space and asked the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit about Stealing the Heavens.
  • The Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit confirmed that Fang Chen’s Great Emperor Realm cultivation and Immortal King strength would let him resist much of the Land of Ending’s suppression.
  • Fang Chen said he wanted to explore the Land of Ending, but the Artifact Spirit advised him to consolidate his strength first.
  • Fang Chen agreed to cultivate in the Outer Heavens Source Space before attempting to Steal the Heavens.

Ch. 2437Cultivating in the Outer Heavens Source Space

Fang Chen returned to the Outer Heavens Source Space to cultivate before joining the Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King in Stealing the Heavens. As his treasures absorbed the Source Power, the Immortal Kings were astonished by their strength, and Fang Chen summoned his enormous Foundation Establishment Dao Platform.

  • Fang Chen told the Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King that the Human Race seniors supported his plan to Steal the Heavens but wanted him to cultivate and grow stronger first.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King led Fang Chen deep into the Outer Heavens Source Space to cultivate beside their palaces and Natal Spirit Pearls.
  • Fang Chen summoned his Natal Spirit Treasures, which absorbed the surrounding Source Power and developed mysterious Dao Patterns.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King marveled at how quickly Fang Chen's treasures absorbed Source Power, especially the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
  • Fang Chen summoned the Floating Immortal Sword, which absorbed Source Power faster than the Immortal Kings' Natal Spirit Treasures and strengthened Fang Chen's body, blood qi, and soul.
  • Fang Chen summoned his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform, which expanded to more than ten thousand zhang in diameter.

Ch. 2438Six-Turn Immortal King

Fang Chen spent thirty million years trying and failing to fuse the Light Origin with the Five Elements Origin. The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King explained that the Heavenly Dao Origin underlay all nine great Origins, leaving Fang Chen with a new understanding of what his fusion required.

  • Fang Chen revealed a Foundation Establishment Dao Platform bearing many Innate Dao Diagrams, then cultivated and absorbed Source Power while deducing the Fusion Dao.
  • Fang Chen chose the Light Origin as his Sixth Origin, but after thirty million years of attempts, it still could not fuse with the Five Elements Origin.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King asked Fang Chen why the first five Origins had fused more easily than the Sixth Origin.
  • Fang Chen reasoned that the Five Elements were material Laws while Light belonged to a higher level of existence.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King identified the Heavenly Dao Origin as the source of all nine great Origins and explained that its power could reconcile them.
  • Fang Chen realized his failed attempts came from lacking the higher-level energy needed to fuse Light with the Five Elements.

Ch. 2439Void Divine Stone

Fang Chen agreed to enter the Land of Ending and steal Heavenly Dao Origin, the resource he needed to break through to Seven-Turn Immortal King. As the Immortal Kings revealed the tools prepared for the mission, Fang Chen recognized their Void Divine Stone—and Little Crane tried to eat it.

  • Fang Chen learned that only a Great Emperor could enter the Land of Ending without triggering its monitoring laws, while the Immortal Kings could send only their Great Emperor-level Clones.
  • Fang Chen accepted the dangerous mission, believing Heavenly Dao Origin was essential to his breakthrough and the coming Heaven-Extermination War.
  • Black Phoenix Immortal King and Nether Prison Immortal King revealed the Yin-Yang Jade, the Heaven-Hiding Talisman, and a Void Divine Stone as the Three Treasures of Stealing the Heavens.
  • Fang Chen recognized the Void Divine Stone as one of the stones he and Little Crane had found before, and Little Crane emerged and tried to swallow it.
  • Fang Chen explained that Little Crane had grown stronger after eating two such stones, shocking Black Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King.

Ch. 2440Divine Stones on the Heaven-Stealing Path

Fang Chen learned that Little Crane was likely a spatial Divine Beast whose ability to devour Void Divine Stones could greatly improve the odds of their Heaven-Stealing mission. After leaving the Outer Heavens Source Space, he consulted the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit, who confirmed that Void Divine Stones could be found on the Heaven-Stealing Path and revealed that her memories had returned.

  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King recognized Little Crane as a likely spatial Divine Beast and said she raised their chances of success to at least ninety percent.
  • The Black Phoenix Immortal King and the Nether Prison Immortal King told Little Crane that the Heaven-Stealing Path held plenty of Void Divine Stones, which could strengthen her Spatial Talent.
  • Fang Chen agreed to return to the Human Race to prepare and recruit capable Great Emperor Realm helpers, then planned to meet the Immortal Kings at the Outer Heavens entrance in three days.
  • After Fang Chen left, the Nether Prison Immortal King and the Black Phoenix Immortal King discussed the dangers of the Heaven-Stealing Path and their need to rely on Fang Chen before the World Will fully recovered.
  • Fang Chen brought Little Crane to the Heavenly River Diagram Space and asked the Artifact Spirit about Void Divine Stones; she confirmed they were on the Heaven-Stealing Path and said removing three spikes from her Origin had restored much of her memory.

Ch. 2441The Heavenly Dao Origin Was Tainted

Fang Chen prepared to take his companions along the Heaven-Stealing Path after the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit warned him of its dangers and Little Crane’s mysterious origins. The Artifact Spirit privately revealed that the Heavenly Dao Origin might be tainted, while Little Crane began seeing strange inherited memories as Fang Chen set out with her to gather the others.

  • Fang Chen asked the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit about Void Divine Stones and discussed which companions he would bring to the Heaven-Stealing Path.
  • The Artifact Spirit warned Fang Chen to flee from any presence that made his soul tremble, take Heavenly Dao Origin sparingly, and watch for strange changes in Little Crane.
  • The Artifact Spirit told Fang Chen that something ancient might sleep within Little Crane, and Fang Chen promised to support her no matter what she became.
  • After Fang Chen left, the Artifact Spirit revealed that Heaven-Stealers had met bad ends because the Heavenly Dao Origin was tainted by something evil.
  • Little Crane saw broken images of worlds and an immense Silver Vortex, then told Fang Chen they might be inherited memories.
  • Fang Chen reassured Little Crane, and they flew toward the depths of the Heavenly River Diagram to find Sister Qingci and the others.

Ch. 2442Steal the Heavens, Set Out

Fang Chen gathered his companions and two disguised Immortal King clones to travel toward the Secret Realm in the Land of Ending, keeping their true destination secret. After reaching the dangerous region, Little Crane found a stretch of ruins for them to investigate cautiously.

  • Fang Chen summoned his friends and brought them, along with the Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King clones, into the Spirit Crane Space.
  • Fang Chen told everyone they were heading to a Secret Realm in the Land of Ending and said they could cultivate during the journey.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King privately agreed that Fang Chen was right to conceal their plan to steal the heavens.
  • Little Crane carried the group along the Path to Heaven and reached the Land of Ending three days later.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King warned that the region's Law Tides could kill anyone without Immortal King strength.
  • Little Crane spotted a stretch of ruins, and Fang Chen told her to approach carefully in case powerful restrictions remained.

Ch. 2443The Fall of the Heavenly Martial Immortal King

Fang Chen and his companions explored a ruined city in the Land of Ending and discovered a stele recording the city's destruction during the ancient war against the Heavenly Slaves. When Yue Canglan activated the stele, a hazy figure appeared from within.

  • Little Crane landed before a sturdy black-stone tower, and Fang Chen led everyone out to explore the Land of Ending.
  • Fang Chen discovered that his Spiritual Sense could reach across a Star Domain above the Land of Ending, while the Nether Prison Immortal King explained the limits of its reach and the search for the Heaven-Stealing Path.
  • Myna bird spotted a buried stone stele, and the Black Phoenix Immortal King read its account of Heavenly Martial City’s fall after a hundred years of battle against the Heavenly Slave Army.
  • Fang Chen and the others learned that the Heavenly Martial Immortal King detonated his Immortal King Origin to destroy the besieging Heavenly Slaves, and the group reflected on the ancient wars.
  • Yue Canglan examined the stele’s Formation fluctuation and activated it, causing a hazy, armored middle-aged man to emerge.

Ch. 2444Refining the Yin-Yang Jade

After the Heavenly Martial Immortal King’s message confirmed the Heaven-Stealing Path was their forebears’ last hope, Fang Chen revealed that he planned to steal the Heavenly Dao Origin and explained why he had brought everyone. Little Crane refined the Yin-Yang Jade, found a hidden passage far to the east, and led the group toward it.

  • The Heavenly Martial Immortal King’s remnant told Fang Chen and the others that the Heaven-Stealing Path lay deep within the Land of Ending and could help reopen the Ascension Passage.
  • Fang Chen revealed that he intended to steal the Heavenly Dao Origin and had brought everyone so they could cultivate in the Heaven and Earth Origin Space.
  • The group agreed to continue, and the Black Phoenix Immortal King’s Clone gave Fang Chen the Yin-Yang Jade for Little Crane to examine.
  • Little Crane refined the Yin-Yang Jade, using its power to sharpen her perception of space.
  • Little Crane sensed a hidden passage east of their position, several months of flight away, and Fang Chen sent everyone into the Spirit Crane Space before she set off.

Ch. 2445Shadow Figure

Fang Chen and Little Crane found a Spatial Interlayer filled with Void Divine Stones, but discovered that the area was protected by an ancient Spatial Formation. As the stones overwhelmed Little Crane with longing, she insisted on entering to retrieve them herself.

  • Three Shadow Figures appeared in the ruins of Heavenly Martial City, identified Fang Chen and his companions as outsiders, and pursued them east toward the Heaven-Stealing Path.
  • After half a year of flight, Little Crane sensed many Void Divine Stones inside a stable Spatial Interlayer and told Fang Chen about them.
  • Fang Chen left the Spirit Crane Space and saw dozens of Void Divine Stones floating beyond a rift in space, while the others warned that powerful creatures might be nearby.
  • Fang Chen used the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique and found Formation Runes protecting the space, and Little Crane believed someone had gathered and guarded the stones.
  • Fang Chen offered to enter the formation to retrieve a few stones, but Little Crane insisted that her stronger Space Divine Art made her the safer choice.

Ch. 2446Immortal King-Level Powerhouses

Fang Chen and Little Crane followed the Void Divine Stones through the Spatial Interlayer, but three powerful Shadow Figures attacked them for disturbing the stones. Fang Chen captured one of the creatures, whose song disrupted his domain, and Little Crane urged him not to attack yet.

  • Little Crane swallowed seven Void Divine Stones, growing more powerful and gaining silver eyes that revealed the stones marked a path toward the Heaven-Stealing Path.
  • The Nether Prison Immortal King explained that the stones marked the route and replenished energy for travelers through the void.
  • Three Shadow Figures appeared outside the Spatial Interlayer and attacked Fang Chen and Little Crane to stop them from taking the stones.
  • Fang Chen destroyed the attackers' black hands, then used his Darkness Devouring God Domain and Hand of the Heavens to capture the Shadow Figures after they fused into one.
  • The captured Shadow Figure sang, throwing the Space Law in Fang Chen's domain into chaos, and Little Crane told Fang Chen not to attack yet.

Ch. 2447The Foundation Stones of the Heaven-Stealing Path

Fang Chen and Little Crane discovered that the three Shadow Figures were Guardians of the Path to Heaven, protecting its Void Divine Stones. Little Crane revealed she could remember the path without the stones and carried part of the Void Emperor Song in her inherited memories, leaving the Guardians wondering whether she was the Void Emperor’s successor.

  • Little Crane sang a fragment from her inherited memories, causing the Shadow Figures to stop fighting and recognize it as the Void Emperor Song.
  • The Shadow Figures called themselves Guardians of the Path to Heaven and explained that the Void Divine Stones formed the path’s roadbed.
  • Little Crane said she could remember Spatial Coordinates and guide travelers even if the stones were removed, and she insisted on taking some to strengthen herself.
  • The Guardians asked about Little Crane’s inheritance, but she said she did not know its origin and had yet to recover most of her memories.
  • The leading Shadow Figure explained that the Void Emperor had taught them the song’s eighty-one lines, though they had learned only thirty-six, and recalled how Little Crane had sung along when they tried to summon a Spatial Storm.

Ch. 2448Void Emperor

Little Crane accepted three Shadow Figures as followers after they recognized her as Void Emperor’s inheritor. Void Heaven explained that the path they guarded was opened by Void Emperor to reach Heaven and Earth Origin Space, though it was uncertain whether the path still led there.

  • The Shadow Figures named Void Emperor as their former master and declared Little Crane his inheritor after hearing her perform the Void Emperor Song.
  • Little Crane agreed to let Void Heaven, Void Earth, and Void Man follow her, and brought them into Spirit Crane Space.
  • The three Shadow Figures sensed a familiar aura in Myna bird, who said the Seal within him had not been completely lifted and he did not know his past.
  • Void Heaven explained that the Heaven-Stealing Path was a route to Heaven and Earth Origin Space, distinct from the Paths to Ending that led to the Land of Ending.
  • Void Heaven said Void Emperor had opened the path and entrusted the three Shadow Figures with guarding it, but they did not know whether it could still reach its destination.

Ch. 2449Little Crane Ate Too Much

Little Crane woke after ten years of digesting the Void Divine Stones and carried Fang Chen and the others rapidly along the Path to Heaven, revealing extraordinary Spatial Control. The group spotted a strange stone tablet made from a Void Divine Stone, though the Void Heaven Three Brothers had never seen one before.

  • Little Crane swallowed dozens of Void Divine Stones, then fell asleep in Fang Chen's hand.
  • Myna bird reassured the Spirit Crane Space's occupants that Little Crane was only sleeping off the stones, and Fang Chen tucked her against his chest.
  • Ten years later, Little Crane woke stronger, and the Spirit Crane Space's occupants noticed it had changed.
  • Little Crane ate a few more stones and flew onward, crossing vast distances as Fang Chen and the others marveled at her Spatial Control and sensing range.
  • Three days later, Little Crane found a large stone tablet carved from a Void Divine Stone, and the Void Heaven Three Brothers wondered why they had never encountered one before.

Ch. 2450Crossing the Void Storm

Little Crane activated the Stone Tablet and used the Yin-Yang Jade to discover the route along the Path to Heaven. She guided Fang Chen and the others through a vast Void Storm belt and stopped at the first node recorded in the atlas.

  • Little Crane activated the Stone Tablet and learned that it was a node along the Path to Heaven, then found their route in the Yin-Yang Jade.
  • Little Crane told Fang Chen that a Void Storm belt blocked their way, and Fang Chen chose to cross it rather than risk a detour.
  • Little Crane steered through the storms and found a hidden safe passage that let her cross the belt with everyone aboard.
  • Two Hours later, Little Crane stopped in an ordinary-looking stretch of the Void and announced that they had reached the first node in the Yin-Yang Jade Atlas.
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