Arc 19The Death Boat and the Wood Demon

Zhang Yang escaped Cangdong Heavenly God’s attack, claimed a wasteland as his territory, and developed its Heavenly Dao while preparing to survive in the Fourth Sequence. After advancing the Boat of Death and spreading a plant-based ecosystem, he chose to support the Heavenly Dao Little Girl’s Wood Demon prototype.

  • Zhang Yang followed Qingfengzi into the wilderness, defeated the bone horde and its guardians, and accepted Qingfengzi as his master under the name Yun Yangzi.
  • Zhang Yang restored his Golden Core cultivation, built a powerful sword, and led his forces through demon territory before reaching the abyss region of the River of Time.
  • Zhang Yang cooperated with Rolling Stone to create a Sequence Editor, but Rolling Stone left poisoned Demonic Dao behind and fled with the spiritual-plant seeds.
  • Zhang Yang converted the wasteland’s Demonic Dao into a Heavenly Dao, claimed the land, and transformed the Small Mud Boat into the Boat of Death.
  • Zhang Yang attacked a Devil Race city, fought the Earth Giant that turned out to be the possessed Yun Chuzi, and fled when Cangdong Heavenly God nearly killed him.
  • Zhang Yang awakened his territory with a demigod bone, advanced into a Three-Leaf True Spirit, and strengthened his Destroyer Commanders and Forbidden Magic Knights.
  • The Heavenly Dao spread seven varieties of plants across the wasteland, and Zhang Yang named its expanding reclamation strategy Weed Invasion Plan A.
  • The Boat of Death completed its second stage, and Zhang Yang chose to support the Heavenly Dao Little Girl’s immobile, barely self-aware Wood Demon prototype.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Immortal Law Knights

Zhang Yang joined Yun Chuzi’s patrol outside Spring Return City and learned about the Immortal Law Knights and the Blood-Feathered Birdmen. The patrol left the city as Yun Chuzi offered to recommend Zhang Yang to learn another core Immortal Law of the Great Dao Sect.

  • Zhang Yang assigned four groups to guard the courtyard and cultivate Soul Nourishing Talismans, then led sixty-six fighters out of Spring Return City.
  • Zhang Yang met Yun Chuzi at the city gates and agreed to patrol alongside him and his hundred Immortal Law Knights.
  • Yun Chuzi explained that Immortal Law Knights used Immortal Law Components to wield Golden Core-level combat power, though their range depended on logistical support.
  • Yun Chuzi described the Blood-Feathered Birdmen’s emergence from the Crimson Heavenly Palace and his vow to confront the beings who slaughtered the survivors.
  • After they passed the Demon-Slaying Stele Forest, Yun Chuzi offered to recommend Zhang Yang to learn the Mountains, Rivers, Sun, and Moon Demon-Slaying Stele.

Ch. 452Demon King's Bone

Zhang Yang joined Yun Chuzi’s patrol around Spring Return City, then led his troops beyond the city’s safe zone to hunt Eerie Entities and demon fiends. There, the Brick identified a motionless Demon King's Bone that was attracting monsters and warned Zhang Yang to attack it quickly.

  • Yun Chuzi taught Zhang Yang an immortal law technique and led the Immortal Law Knights on a patrol that crushed eerie spaces around Spring Return City.
  • After the patrol, Zhang Yang refused to return to the city and led his troops beyond its fifteen-li boundary.
  • Zhang Yang activated the War Banner and ordered the Destruction Knights and other troops to fight through the wilderness’s Eerie Entities.
  • The troops found a bone mountain crowned by a red-caped skeleton, with a boar-man, a blood coffin, and a dragon skeleton behind it.
  • The Brick identified the mountain’s Demon King's Bone as a source attracting Eerie Entities and advised Zhang Yang to strike early.

Ch. 453Fortune Star

Zhang Yang and his troops fought through a horde of powerful white-bone monsters near the Demonic Overlord's Bone, using the Immortal Holy Shield Shard and Luck to complete a war quest. After a sudden soul-suppression threat and the Boar Demonkin's roar, Zhang Yang led his soldiers in a breakout from the dangerous area.

  • Qingfengzi told the Azure Dragon that Zhang Yang had gone southeast into a deadly domain guarded by a Boar Demonkin, a Blood Coffin Head, and an Underworld Bone Dragon, while Yun Chuzi secretly watched with amusement.
  • Zhang Yang formed a shield circle against a vast horde of white-bone monsters and kept the Reincarnated Sword Souls from fighting to conceal their connection to his main body.
  • Zhang Yang sacrificed his cousin for Luck and placed the Immortal Holy Shield Shard, which channeled the Law of Immortality into the War Banner and rapidly advanced the Hundred-Battle Elite quest.
  • When soul suppression weakened his luck and shield shard, Zhang Yang used the Sword Soul Seal to kill the remaining enemies and complete the quest, granting nearby soldiers increased Law Concentration.
  • After the Boar Demonkin roared in response to the Sword Soul Seal, Zhang Yang ordered his troops to charge and break away from the Demon King's Bone.

Ch. 454Destroyer Captain

Zhang Yang led his soldiers through a dangerous breakout, using Azure Dragon blood to stop the pursuing Boar Demonkin and learning that Yun Chuzi had likely been possessed by a dead Heavenly God. He then spent his remaining Law Concentration and Three-Colored Spiritual Plants to advance his troops, ending with thirty powerful Destroyers, including fourteen Legendary Realm Destroyer Captains.

  • Zhang Yang used fireballs to guide the soldiers’ escape, resisted the Blood Coffin Head with the brick, and wounded its nine heads with a Sword Soul Seal.
  • Zhang Yang fed the Boar Demonkin five chunks of chilled Azure Dragon blood, stopping it three thousand meters from the Demon King's Bone.
  • The brick revealed that Yun Chuzi had likely been possessed by the escaped soul of a dead Heavenly God, while Zhang Yang decided to postpone returning to Spring Return City.
  • Zhang Yang assessed his soldiers and advanced twelve Dragonblood Warriors into Dragonblood Berserkers, then chose to transform his thirty Destruction Knights into Demonic Dragon Knights.
  • Zhang Yang used Three-Colored Spiritual Plants to strengthen the Knights’ True Souls and reduce the effects of demonic transformation.
  • The thirty Knights completed their advancement as fourteen Legendary Realm Destroyer Captains and sixteen Epic Realm Destroyers.

Ch. 455The Lonely Ghost and Wandering Spirit

Zhang Yang led his forces against the Blood Coffin, Boar Demonkin, and Underworld Bone Dragon, hoping to destroy the Demon King's Bone. Qingfengzi arrived, defeated the threats, and claimed Zhang Yang as his first disciple, leaving Zhang Yang stunned by the revelation that Qingfengzi knew the truth about their world.

  • Zhang Yang upgraded his forces into Silent Ones and Forbidden Magic Knights, then ordered them to battle the skeletal monsters while he drew the Boar Demonkin away and his captains engaged the Underworld Bone Dragon.
  • Zhang Yang's four Reincarnated Sword Cultivators struck the Demon King's Bone with the Rushing Stream Sword Array while the Destroyer Captains kept the Bone Dragon occupied.
  • The Underworld Bone Dragon scattered the sword array and blasted the Destroyer Captains aside, but Qingfengzi arrived and destroyed the Bone Dragon, the Blood Coffin, and the Demon King's Bone.
  • Qingfengzi subdued the Boar Demonkin and made it kneel, then told Zhang Yang that he would become his first disciple, Yun Yangzi.
  • Qingfengzi explained that he had deduced the truth about the world's decline and offered to teach Zhang Yang the Mountains, Rivers, Sun, and Moon Demon-Slaying Stele.

Ch. 456I'm Back

Zhang Yang used Qingfengzi’s Mountains, Rivers, Sun, and Moon Demon-Slaying Stele to rebuild his body and rapidly restore his cultivation. He emerged in his true form with a powerful new sword, while Brick merged with him and left behind the unfinished Small Mud Boat.

  • Zhang Yang sent for his eight subordinates, left the Azure Dragon in Spring Return City with Qingfengzi, and continued traveling while his group mined and refined ore.
  • Zhang Yang secluded himself for seven days and combined the Demon-Slaying Stele with his Heaven and Earth Sword Intent to transform his body and strengthen his foundation.
  • Zhang Yang advanced his Soul Nourishing Talisman to the thirty-second level, established his Spirit Domain and sword-core foundation, and restored his cultivation to the Golden Core Stage.
  • Zhang Yang used the Demon-Slaying Stele and Heaven and Earth Sword Intent to forge a powerful sword from steel ingots.
  • Zhang Yang emerged in his true form, declared that he had returned, and found that Brick had merged with him, leaving the unfinished Small Mud Boat behind.

Ch. 457Ruined Altar

Zhang Yang discovered a ruined altar that summoned an Abyssal Demon Tribe army and used the invasion to complete his War Banner mission. After killing the Underworld Bone Dragon, he ordered his forces to pursue the retreating demons into their territory despite his severe injuries.

  • Zhang Yang investigated a great rift and found an intact altar where Blood-Feathered Birdmen summoned an Underworld Bone Dragon.
  • Zhang Yang camped near the altar, built defenses, and waited as the bone dragon remained at the site.
  • The altar opened a rift that released demon legions, and Zhang Yang’s steles, sword arrays, and troops slaughtered the advancing forces.
  • Zhang Yang unleashed his techniques when the Underworld Bone Dragon dived within range and killed it, suffering severe backlash.
  • Zhang Yang completed the Thousand Cavalry Raid mission and ordered his troops to pursue the retreating demons into their territory.

Ch. 458One Man Against Ten Thousand

Zhang Yang and his forces escaped a devastating trap, then fought their way through the Devil Race’s home territory to complete War Banner missions and kill a giant demon. With the enemy reorganizing in overwhelming numbers, Zhang Yang led a desperate breakout and ordered everyone to keep running rather than get bogged down.

  • Zhang Yang’s group rushed through the Teleportation Array as the Devil Race retreated, and the Heavenly Palace’s stone statues later annihilated the area behind them.
  • The group emerged amid a vast Devil Race legion, where the Destroyer Captains attacked the ranged troops while Zhang Yang activated the War Banner’s One Man Against Ten Thousand mission.
  • As the group struggled to hold formation against the powerful home-soil defenders, Zhang Yang advanced eight stragglers into new classes and used Three-Colored Spiritual Plants to heal his true soul.
  • Zhang Yang’s Ancient Demonic Language: Intimidate stunned much of the battlefield, allowing the Reincarnated Sword Cultivators and Destroyer Captains to strip a giant demon’s protection before Zhang Yang killed it with the Sword Heart Seal.
  • With the Devil Race army regrouping, Zhang Yang led his forces in a breakout, then shouted for everyone to run when another enemy force swept in behind them.

Ch. 459The Living World

Zhang Yang led his exhausted subordinates into the abyss region of the Fifth Sequence, where the living world and its hostile environment threatened their Law Concentration. After inspecting the Underworld Bone Dragon’s spoils, he discovered a demigod’s bone and prepared to make use of it.

  • Zhang Yang explained that they had reached the abyss region of the River of Time, where ordinary Sky Dome beings could not survive.
  • Zhang Yang assessed his group’s fatigue and diluted Law Concentration, noting their uneven mission rewards and the progress of the Ten-Thousand-Against-One mission.
  • Zhang Yang maintained his Spirit Domain while the group rested, knowing they needed to find a solution before he exhausted its thirty-day limit.
  • After the group recovered, Zhang Yang examined the white bone sphere taken from the Underworld Bone Dragon and opened it by channeling spiritual energy into it.
  • Zhang Yang found a demigod’s bone inside the sphere and estimated that it held at least 300 percent Law Concentration.

Ch. 460Demon Realm Farming Chronicle

Zhang Yang and his companions defended themselves from a purple demonic-aura cloud, then turned the monsters and flame-soaked soil it brought into fertile farmland. Their rapid harvests strengthened the group and offered hope that they could resist the Demon Realm’s aura.

  • Zhang Yang reinforced his Spirit Domain with twelve Demon-Slaying Steles as the purple demonic-aura cloud swept over the group.
  • Two Agou Monsters broke through the Spirit Domain, but the Destroyer and Destruction Knight Captains trapped them in Lotus Vats and killed them after their purple flames were stripped away.
  • Zhang Yang’s companions harvested deep-green soil and processed the monsters and purple-flame soil while fighting off the cloud’s attacks.
  • After the cloud passed, the group planted high-evolution Wheat Seeds in black-ice vats filled with the fertile mixture.
  • The group harvested spiritual plants after two days and distributed them to Zhang Yang, the captains, and the rest, boosting their morale and strengthening their true souls.

Ch. 461Soul Micro-Manipulation

Kalli attempted the team’s survival assessment by using her Soul Force Field to blend into the tidal flat, revealing extraordinary talent for manipulating her surroundings. Zhang Yang recognized her potential and decided to cultivate her as a Druid-type Spirit Cultivator.

  • Kalli used her Soul Force Field to hide a hundred meters from the team during her one-hour assessment.
  • Zhang Yang watched as Kalli reduced the environment’s repulsion toward her to 99%, making her impossible to see or sense.
  • Zhang Yang realized Kalli could perform tens of thousands of microscopic manipulations per second and was naturally gifted at communicating with the environment.
  • Zhang Yang decided to cultivate Kalli into a Druid-type Spirit Cultivator and produced thirty Three-Colored Spiritual Plants.

Ch. 462The Demon of the Abyss

Zhang Yang advanced his invasion of the Abyss by strengthening Kalli and tasking her with creating a shelter resistant to the world’s erosion. Her work drew the attention of the Demon of the Abyss, who proposed cooperating with Zhang Yang to create a Sequence Editor.

  • Zhang Yang reviewed his subordinates’ true-soul progress and spent 100 Three-Colored Spiritual Plants to raise Kalli’s true-soul level to SS+ and her purity to 30%.
  • Zhang Yang asked Kalli to build a shelter with her Soul Force Field within fifteen days.
  • Kalli began shaping Abyssal soil into a new substance, but the Demon of the Abyss possessed her and spoke through her.
  • The Demon of the Abyss explained that it was a world-like being born in the First Sequence and sought to extend its stay in the Fifth Sequence.
  • The Demon of the Abyss proposed that Zhang Yang cooperate with it to build a Sequence Editor, which Zhang Yang said he would consider.

Ch. 463Heaven's Way and Demonic Dao

Zhang Yang negotiated with a struggling Abyssal Demon for control of its Sequence Editor and Demonic Dao, while learning how Abyssal Demons sustain themselves. He agreed to share authority in exchange for the option to move the human race there, and the Abyssal Demon accepted.

  • The Abyssal Demon explained that its body had dwindled to seven and a half grids and that it risked falling into the Sixth Sequence without help.
  • Zhang Yang learned that Abyssal Demons developed barriers and Law Concentration to produce a Demonic Dao, much as Sky Dome Spirits produced a Heavenly Dao.
  • Zhang Yang negotiated over the Sequence Editor and Demonic Dao, arguing that he was a Sky Dome Human and planned to return to the Fourth Sequence.
  • Zhang Yang recalled how the Primordial World’s Sky Dome Spirit used calamities to manage Law Concentration, then wondered whether Earth Civilization had fallen from the Fourth Sequence.
  • Zhang Yang demanded fifty percent of the Heavenly Dao or Demonic Dao authority while retaining the means to migrate humans, and the Abyssal Demon agreed.

Ch. 464Each Took What They Needed

Zhang Yang and the Abyssal Demon Rolling Stone used the Purple Scales to balance their investments and form a Village Building Order, each securing what they needed. Zhang Yang claimed his territory and began transforming its habitable portion, but discovered most of the land was a ruined desert and that Rolling Stone’s invested body lay elsewhere.

  • Zhang Yang and Rolling Stone combined Snow Demon's Fur and Ophite's Hair into Purple Scales, exchanged their true names, and established shared control.
  • Zhang Yang rejected Rolling Stone’s offer to invest his entire body, then agreed to balanced investments of cultivation methods, seeds, body, and Demonic Dao.
  • The Sequence Editor transformed into a Purple Giant Tower, and Zhang Yang gained ownership of one and a half units of land while Rolling Stone received the Three-Colored Spiritual Plant method and seeds.
  • Kalli fainted as Rolling Stone departed, and Zhang Yang claimed his half of the tower as a tower-shaped Village Building Order.
  • Zhang Yang discovered his territory was mostly dead desert and that Rolling Stone’s invested body was in another region, then teleported everyone to his land.
  • Zhang Yang ordered the Heavenly Dao to extract demonic energy while retaining spiritual energy, then sent the Small Mud Boat underground.

Ch. 465The Flames of Nothingness

Zhang Yang discovered that the Small Mud Boat could absorb the wasteland’s soil and advance toward completing the Boat of Death, then learned that the wasteland was poisoned by the Flames of Nothingness. He escaped before the flames erupted, but Rolling Stone fled with the 300 Three-Colored Spiritual Plant seeds, leaving Zhang Yang with useless remains of the Demonic Dao and Heavenly Dao.

  • The Small Mud Boat began fusing with Abyssal Demonic Soil, and Zhang Yang let it absorb the wasteland after its progress rose without the soil disappearing.
  • Zhang Yang used the Demonic Dao to see how a Celestial God had attacked Rolling Stone with the Flames of Nothingness, leaving the wasteland cursed and due for another eruption in a few hundred years.
  • Zhang Yang realized Rolling Stone had tricked him by leaving poisoned Demonic Dao behind and quickly teleported out of the wasteland with the Small Mud Boat.
  • Rolling Stone cut off his tail and fled, taking the 300 Three-Colored Spiritual Plant seeds while the remaining Demonic Dao and Heavenly Dao became Zhang Yang’s backlash.

Ch. 466Heavenly Dao

Zhang Yang claimed a vast territory and transformed its weakened Demonic Dao into a fragile Heavenly Dao suited to the Sky Dome Human Race and Demon Race. After the Small Mud Boat absorbed enough Flames of Nothingness to complete its first stage, it became the Boat of Death and revealed its powers and next advancement requirement.

  • Zhang Yang took control of two hundred million square kilometers of land and learned that its Flames of Nothingness were Time Scraps dumped as Heavenly Punishment.
  • Zhang Yang chose to cultivate the local Demonic Dao into a Heavenly Dao, binding it with a Village Building Order and transforming it at great cost.
  • Zhang Yang incorporated his forces into the new Heavenly Dao, claimed the world under his surname, and activated its Heavenly Secrets Evolution Mission.
  • Zhang Yang waited as the Small Mud Boat absorbed the Flames of Nothingness, though the danger of an eruption remained.
  • The Small Mud Boat completed its first stage and became the Boat of Death, which could cross sequences, traverse forbidden lands, and evade pursuit; its second-stage advancement required high-grade law materials.

Ch. 467The Invader

Zhang Yang led his forces aboard the Death Boat to invade a Devil Race city on another Abyssal Demon, where the local Demonic Dao summoned a colossal Earth Giant against them. He used the Death Boat’s anchors to drag the giant down, then joined his soldiers in attacking it.

  • Zhang Yang discovered that the Death Boat consumed little energy without Instant Teleportation and sailed with his subordinates toward another Abyssal Demon.
  • Zhang Yang used concealment to bring the Death Boat undetected into the Abyssal Demon and sent sixty-nine soldiers to attack a Devil Race city.
  • The Devil Race armies and sorcerers rallied against the invaders, while prayers and sacrifices stirred the local Demonic Dao.
  • The Demonic Dao raised a gigantic Earth Giant, which Zhang Yang recognized as a threat prepared by the dead Devil Race Heavenly God connected to Yun Chuzi.
  • Zhang Yang hooked the Earth Giant with three Death Anchors and spun it through the city until it was incapacitated.
  • Zhang Yang and his soldiers attacked the Earth Giant, hoping to complete the War Banner’s Unstoppable Among Ten Thousand Men mission.

Ch. 468Cangdong Spittoon

Zhang Yang and his allies attacked the Earth Giant, but the world’s Demonic Dao intervened before the creature revealed itself as an avatar of the Cangdong Heavenly God. Zhang Yang escaped with his forces, while Cangdong ordered the Abyssal Demons to destroy the Rolling Stone.

  • The Demonic Dao shielded the Earth Giant from Zhang Yang’s attacks, but the Death Black Sail devoured its power and left it severely damaged.
  • Zhang Yang’s forces bound the earth and battered the Earth Giant until it transformed into a gold-armored Devil Race member who revealed himself as the possessed Yun Chuzi.
  • The Cangdong Heavenly God’s avatar shattered Zhang Yang’s Spirit Domain and nearly killed him, so Zhang Yang teleported his subordinates away and fled aboard the Boat of Death.
  • Cangdong questioned an Abyssal Demon about the Sky Dome People and learned they had gone to the Rolling Stone.
  • Cangdong ordered the Abyssal Demons to exterminate the Rolling Stone and threatened them with Heavenly Punishment if they disobeyed.

Ch. 469My Enemy Is a Heavenly God

After escaping Cangdong Heavenly God, Zhang Yang learned from the Demonic Dao about Cangdong’s history and four hidden trump cards. He decided to avoid a direct confrontation, strengthen the Boat of Death, and prepare to flee before Cangdong could threaten Earth Civilization.

  • The Boat of Death returned Zhang Yang and the others to their lair while Zhang Yang coughed blood from his injuries.
  • Zhang Yang learned that Cangdong had risen from an insignificant Devil Race member to a Heavenly God and had destroyed his homeland to dispose of the Flames of Nothingness.
  • Zhang Yang discovered Cangdong’s four unrevealed trump cards: the Heavenly God Coffin, the Law World, the Ancient God Horn, and the huge urn that held the Flames of Nothingness.
  • Zhang Yang concluded that Cangdong’s backing and weapons made him too dangerous to provoke, especially with the urn expected to return in seven thousand years.
  • Zhang Yang resolved to develop quietly, upgrade the Boat of Death, and prepare to flee, while fearing that Cangdong would also target Earth Civilization.

Ch. 470Dao Rhymes

Zhang Yang used the demigod bone to awaken the Central Earth Meridian and fuel a massive harvest of Spiritual Plants. The Heavenly Dao took control as the final plant neared five-colored maturity, creating five Heavenly Dao Barriers while draining the Meridian’s Laws.

  • Zhang Yang buried the Underworld Bone Dragon’s demigod bone in the Spirit Fields and prepared the Central Earth Meridian to absorb its Laws.
  • Zhang Yang and his subordinates activated the Meridian, which awakened the land and fed Laws to thirty thousand Spiritual Plants and the cultivators.
  • The Spiritual Plants matured in waves, and Zhang Yang’s subordinates absorbed and fused with the harvested Single-Colored Spiritual Plants as they advanced.
  • Zhang Yang forced most of the remaining plants to mature, leaving one as the Heavenly Dao warned him against excess.
  • The Heavenly Dao took control, suppressed the final plant’s maturation, and formed five Heavenly Dao Barriers that lowered the Central Earth Meridian’s Law Concentration.

Ch. 471Three-Leaf True Spirit

After gaining insight from Heaven's Path's Dao aura, Zhang Yang used his spiritual plants to transform his True Soul into a Three-Leaf True Spirit. He recognized that the breakthrough gave him a foothold, but he still needed to establish his sword-cultivator foundation and secure the Boat of Death before entering the Fourth Sequence.

  • Zhang Yang reflected on the power of the beings ruling the Fourth Sequence and feared he might never be able to return there.
  • Zhang Yang cultivated beside the Five-Colored Spiritual Plant and gained profound enlightenment in talismans, sword arts, scriptures, and ancient demonic language.
  • Zhang Yang devoured thousands of Three-Colored Spiritual Plants and the remaining Four-Colored Spiritual Plants to fuel his breakthrough.
  • Zhang Yang's True Soul shattered and reformed around a three-leaf sprout, creating a Three-Leaf True Spirit and a vastly higher-priority Spirit Domain.
  • Zhang Yang concluded that he still needed to develop the path of the sword cultivator and obtain the Boat of Death to survive in the Fourth Sequence.

Ch. 472All-Map Forbidden Magic

After nine days of Dao Rhyme enlightenment, Zhang Yang advanced his troops and gave the most powerful units extensive rewards. The five new Destroyer Commanders gained Fourth Sequence registration, while the ten Forbidden Magic Knights reached Nascent Soul Stage and awakened Demigod's Interdiction.

  • Zhang Yang rewarded the five Destroyer Captains who had mastered Roar and Trample, bringing their true-soul completeness to 100% and securing their Fourth Sequence registration.
  • Zhang Yang renamed those five Destroyer Captains Destroyer Commanders and raised the other nine Destroyer Captains’ true-soul completeness to 80%.
  • The ten Forbidden Magic Knights comprehended the Soul Nourishing Talisman to its thirty-sixth level, and Zhang Yang used his Spiritual Plants to raise their true-soul completeness to 100%.
  • Zhang Yang trained the Forbidden Magic Knights through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul stages, transforming their Soul Force Fields into Soul Domains.
  • The ten Forbidden Magic Knights awakened Demigod's Interdiction, which suppressed magic and law circulation across a hundred kilometers for up to one hundred seconds.

Ch. 473Its Ambitions Were Vast

Zhang Yang watched the Heavenly Dao develop the barren land beyond its barrier, realizing it had carefully bred plants suited to reclaiming the desert. He left the Heavenly Dao to carry out its ambitious plan as it sent out its first batch of seeds.

  • Zhang Yang decided not to interfere with the Heavenly Dao while the Boat of Death continued assimilating Time Scraps and the Cangdong Heavenly God remained a threat.
  • The Heavenly Dao spread seeds from its spiritual fields beyond the barrier after the Small Mud Boat cleared the Flames of Nothingness from half a grid of land.
  • Zhang Yang observed that the Heavenly Dao had selectively bred plants to survive outside the barrier, where spiritual energy and water were scarce.
  • The Heavenly Dao sent out five thousand seeds in seven varieties: Thorn Claws, Thorn Tail, Thorn Teeth, Climbing Pumpkin, Climbing Watermelon, Rolling Winter Melon, and Rolling Wine Jar.
  • Zhang Yang recognized that the plants could reclaim the barren land by anchoring soil, storing spiritual energy and water, and collecting moisture from the air.

Ch. 474The Weed Invasion Plan A

Zhang Yang watched the Heavenly Dao Little Girl guide plants through a slow, carefully coordinated invasion of the wasteland beyond the barrier. As the Climbing Pumpkins adapted to Law Residue, they became the first plants to absorb it indirectly, leaving Zhang Yang eager to see the next stage.

  • Zhang Yang watched the seven vanguard plants spread across the wasteland while more plants evolved in the spirit fields inside the barrier.
  • The Thorn Claws established deep roots, and the Climbing Pumpkins used them as a path while sharing water and spiritual energy.
  • The Rolling Winter Melons and Thorn Tails sprouted, helping conserve moisture and energy in the soil.
  • After six months, the Thorn Claws compressed the soil and produced Law Residue Liquid and Scraps, which the Climbing Pumpkins absorbed and survived.
  • Zhang Yang named the survival-invasion strategy Weed Invasion Plan A and looked forward to Plan B.

Ch. 475Wood Demon, Hello

Zhang Yang watched the Heavenly Dao transform desert into a thriving wilderness while the Boat of Death completed its second stage, then learned the Heavenly Dao had cultivated a Wood Demon prototype for him. He decided to support the Wood Demon’s development, though the immobile, barely aware prototype still needed time to evolve.

  • The Heavenly Dao’s weed armies expanded their desert ecosystem, and a specialized second wave grew the occupied wilderness to six thousand square kilometers.
  • Zhang Yang waited for the Boat of Death to finish its second stage while keeping watch for Cangdong Heavenly God, but no one disturbed him.
  • The Boat of Death gained powerful new abilities, including world travel and small-world storage, but storing a small world required yearly sacrifices of 10 percent of its living beings.
  • The Heavenly Dao Little Girl contacted Zhang Yang with a familiar fluctuation, and he realized she had cultivated a Wood Demon prototype over eight and a half years.
  • Zhang Yang chose to support the Wood Demon civilization, though he found the prototype immobile, without self-awareness, and only barely capable of remembering.
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