Arc 21Power Shifts and Hidden Threats
Across many concurrent storylines, characters uncovered hidden motives, faced sudden attacks, and made choices that reshaped their alliances and plans. The stretch ended with several crises still unfolding, including Alex struggling to control magic power and Hermione collapsing before him.
- The newly arrived travelers seized Planet 9 and offered their spoils for sale, while Wei Duanjiu committed himself to He Ning and Mo Tian wounded Andeli with an eye technique.
- Yang Huai attacked after Daoist Li recognized him, while Bai Qianhui searched for the Soul-Returning Water and a soul cannon destroyed two flying beasts.
- Cangqiong warned Yun Paxiao too late, and she blinded herself while looking toward a sliver of light as other groups faced battles, betrayals, and desperate escapes.
- Ye Feng discovered that he could control divine power more forcefully, while Lin Fu reported that the Nanzhao rebellion had nearly wiped out more than fifty thousand Tang Army troops.
- The Qingci Third Planetary Fleet arrived in the Harada theater, and Shi Jian narrowly won a thirty-six-minute battle between fleets.
- Tuoba Zi admitted that she had exposed Bai Xun to protect the Eldest Son's position, while Teacher Bao described a poison that would kill Lan Duoduo through internal bleeding.
- White Wolf's reinforcements arrived in five teleported units totaling five hundred men, while Dai Wuxun accepted a money pouch and destroyed his own cultivation.
- Yun Xuan suspected an entrance lay beneath a hollow bedboard, Yang Hen lost his last hope, Wu Hao offered to trade time to extend lives, and Alex struggled to restrain the magic power forming behind him as Hermione collapsed.