Arc 11The Sealing of the Spark World

Li Mu built his power through the Blood God Spawn, a series of hunts, and battles against the Alien Races while uncovering dangers tied to the Abyss and ancient Relics. As the Spark Alliance evacuated humanity and sealed the Spark World, Li Mu concealed the Star God Sacred Seal and prepared for what came next.

  • Li Mu claimed the Brandon Family by convincing Duke Brandon he was Belloc, then escaped the Sun Church’s pursuit with the family’s valuables and Lucy.
  • Li Mu took control of the Hurricane Arena and its professional slave trade, then invaded the Matrix world, transferred humanity’s souls to the Soul Source Realm, and destroyed Blue Star.
  • Li Mu hunted the sea folk and Pure Sea Demon Lotuses, advanced his abilities, and captured Ghost Admiral Richardson to master the undead plane and obtain the Bag of Greed.
  • Li Mu discovered that Lucy had deceived the old butler and caused the Brandon Family’s destruction, then married Helena, whose Abyss Heart altered the Mirror Void ritual.
  • Li Mu unsealed the Crystal Skull’s Abyss Eye, upgraded the Phoenix, and fought the Light Spirit Race and other Alien Races to earn battle merits.
  • Li Mu defeated the Star River Divine Spider and raised his battle merits to 3.02 million, then fled after the Blood River Cult captured Black Goat Free City.
  • Li Mu learned that the Spark Alliance was evacuating humanity and sealing the Spark World, then exchanged his rewards for the Star God Sacred Seal and a King-class Seed Cruiser dockyard.
  • Li Mu concealed the Star God Sacred Seal inside the Shipboard Spark, spent his remaining battle merits on rare blood, and watched the Spark Energy chains seal the world.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Blood God Curse and the Duke

Li Mu prepared to claim a place in the Brandon Family by using the Blood God Curse to disguise Belloc’s soul and create a Blood God Spawn. After learning that William was conspiring with the Twilight Church and that only Duke Brandon, Lucy, and William remained in the family, Li Mu headed for the duke’s residence while William fled the royal capital.

  • Li Mu bought materials and a Vampire Marquis blood core in the Royal City’s underground black market, then used them to form a Soul Blood God Body and refine Belloc into a Blood God Spawn.
  • William sent a lanky man to Twilight City with a church token and orders to have Belloc eliminated, but Li Mu took control of the messenger and learned about the plan.
  • Li Mu bought information revealing that the Brandon Family had been devastated in a conflict with the Twilight Church, leaving Duke Brandon, his dying granddaughter Lucy, and William as its only survivors.
  • Li Mu decided to pursue his claim to the Brandon Family rather than abandon the opportunity, and he set out for Duke Brandon’s residence.
  • William saw Li Mu heading toward the noble district, fled the royal capital by steam locomotive, and hoped the Twilight Church would kill Belloc.

Ch. 252Inheriting the Crystal Duke Title

Li Mu passed Duke Brandon’s tests, was recognized as his grandson and named heir, then inherited the Brandon Family’s crystal skull and its hidden divine eye. When the Sun Church surrounded the estate to seize it, Li Mu evacuated the household and fled through the family’s ancient teleportation array, but the Pope detected the escape and pursued him.

  • Li Mu used fabricated memories to convince Duke Brandon that he was Belloc, and the duke tested him with the Feast Goblet and Mirror of Truth before accepting him as his grandson.
  • Duke Brandon named Li Mu first in line of succession and explained how Otto’s betrayal and the Twilight Church’s attack had devastated the family; he planned to transfer the title before confronting the church over Lucy’s condition.
  • Li Mu discovered faint, growing vitality in Lucy and watched over her through the night before Duke Brandon led him to the treasury and gave him the family’s inherited crystal skull.
  • Li Mu refined the crystal skull, learned that its forehead eye was the sealed eye of the Lord of Death, and sensed the Sun Church’s Holy Radiance Knights surrounding the estate.
  • Li Mu sent the butler and Lucy into the Mirror Void, evacuated the estate’s people and valuables, and escaped through the ancient teleportation array.
  • The Pope detected Li Mu’s escape despite the divine-art seal and prepared to pursue and capture the new Duke Brandon.

Ch. 253Vast Inheritance

Li Mu escaped the Sun Church, settled on Quicksand Island, and inventoried the Brandon Family’s treasury while planning to secure the family’s remaining strength. After demonstrating that his Nirvana Flame could weaken Lucy’s curse, he gained the old butler’s support and began choosing users for two powerful [Relics].

  • Li Mu used a duplicate to draw away the Sun Church’s pursuers, escaped to the Atlantis City-State, and bought Quicksand Island as a hidden base.
  • The Sun Church failed to track Belloc, stripped the Brandon Family of its ducal title, placed a bounty on him, and announced old Duke Brandon’s execution one month later.
  • Li Mu and the old steward secured Quicksand Island, and Li Mu spent several days cataloguing the Brandon Family’s wealth, inheritances, and five orange-grade [Relics].
  • Li Mu showed the old butler that his Nirvana Flame could slightly weaken Lucy’s Twilight Ash Curse, giving the butler hope that she could eventually be cured.
  • The old butler proposed candidates for the Blood Feast Goblet and Steam Heart, and Li Mu rejected the Firebearer Maid before meeting Mia, the loyal leader of the Brandon Family’s shadow assassins.

Ch. 254Hurricane Arena

Li Mu purged the Brandon Family’s estate, then traveled to Hurricane City to buy professional slave warriors at Hurricane Arena. After winning bets across two days and costing the arena millions, he sensed the Hurricane Lord was about to confront him and considered taking control of the slave trade.

  • Li Mu tested Mia’s loyalty with the Blood Feast Goblet, sealed her power, and sent her to the Asylum after sensing hostility toward him.
  • Li Mu reviewed and purged the Brandon Family’s forces, capturing dozens of suspected traitors and accepting the old butler’s resignation.
  • Li Mu went to Hurricane City and learned that professional slaves could only be bought at the Hurricane Lord’s Hurricane Arena.
  • Li Mu bet on the Fire Dragon Knight, who transformed into a fire dragon and defeated the Trap Wizard; Li Mu then bought the victor.
  • Li Mu bought twenty-four professional slave warriors and won all sixteen of his wagers, leaving Hurricane Arena millions of gold coins in losses.
  • Li Mu sensed that the Hurricane Lord had run out of patience and considered taking control of the professional slave trade across the Hurricane Archipelago.

Ch. 255Mind Ring

Li Mu seized control of Hurricane Arena, claimed the Mind Ring, and began rapidly advancing his Blood Origin Wizard clone through costly cultivation. Meanwhile, his true body reached a Matrix-controlled world and prepared to rescue its humans before destroying Blue Star and letting his shipboard main brain absorb the Matrix.

  • Li Mu's LV70 steam machinist captured the Hurricane Lord, and Li Mu impersonated him after the old butler extracted his soul and memories.
  • Li Mu took the Mind Ring, summoned Hurricane Archipelago managers, and ordered Hurricane Arena to end death matches and slave auctions while buying more high-level professional slaves.
  • Li Mu used the Brandon Family's resources to create Blood God Scions, reached LV40 in ten days, and continued paying his way toward LV50.
  • Li Mu's true body traveled to a world where robots imprisoned human bodies and kept their minds in the Matrix Virtual Network.
  • Li Mu decided to move the Matrix's humans into the Soul Source Realm before destroying Blue Star and having his shipboard main brain devour the Matrix.
  • Phoenix appeared beside a human hive base on Blue Star.

Ch. 256Destroying the Matrix Empire

Li Mu infiltrated the Matrix Network, secretly replaced its ruler with Skynet, and used it to kill humanity on Blue Star so the Tree of Life could harvest their souls and consume the planet. After converting the otherworld gate into an Abyss Gate HuoZhong and advancing his profession to Blood Origin Wizard, Li Mu learned that the gods were searching for the relic and wondered why they wanted it.

  • Li Mu discovered the Matrix Network’s self-destruct system would kill humanity and detonate more than fifty million nuclear bombs if an external intrusion was detected.
  • Li Mu injected the Skynet HuoZhong into the Matrix Network, enhanced Smith into a powerful Skynet, and had Skynet and the Shipborne Optical Computer seize control while disabling the self-destruct program.
  • Li Mu planted the Tree of Life on Blue Star, ordered Skynet to kill the humans in their cultivation pods, and transferred their souls into the Soul Source Realm before the Tree of Life drained and destroyed the planet.
  • Li Mu used the Anchor of Fantasy to convert the otherworld gate into an Abyss Gate HuoZhong, traveled to the Abyss Giant Star, and reunited with his Blood Origin Wizard clone.
  • Li Mu fused the Blood Source Heart Core and the Golden Crow Secondary Soul into his Mind Wizard Professional HuoZhong, advancing it into a Blood Origin Wizard.
  • Li Mu learned that churches across the Western Continent were searching for the Abyss Gate, the lost masterpiece of the previous era’s wizard civilization, and wondered why the gods prized it.

Ch. 257Spark Phone LV4

Li Mu upgraded the Spark Phone to LV4, gaining a lifelike form for Song Xiaoyu, the ability to copy supernatural skills, and a powerful photo-editing program. After choosing skills and planning his cultivation, he deployed the Hurricane Battle Corps to hunt the Sea Clan and ordered the Hurricane warship modified for the coming expedition.

  • Li Mu used an orange Life Seed to upgrade the Spark Phone, and Song Xiaoyu explained its new functions, including soul-linked skill copying and special-effects photo editing.
  • Li Mu copied Hurricane Combo from a Hurricane Swordsman, learned the limits on copied skills, and loaded a Magic Tower skill and three auras.
  • Li Mu used the photo-editing program to alter professional slaves and refine his maids’ appearances.
  • Li Mu planned to earn HuoZhong Source Power by hunting the Sea Clan, then return to Golden Crow City to hunt Mist Beasts and later cultivate in Hurricane City.
  • Li Mu summoned the thousand-member Hurricane Battle Corps, boarded their warship, and ordered steam mechanics to modify it for the expedition.

Ch. 258Bombarding the Sea Folk

Li Mu tracked the sea folk to the Whirlpool Archipelago and bombarded their gathering places with the Hurricane Warship. He trapped the surviving high-level sea folk, captured the merfolk Wizard, and led the Hurricane Battle Corps and Steam Mechanic in killing the rest.

  • Li Mu used Blood Guidance Curse to lure fish and inferred that the sea folk had retreated northeast toward the Whirlpool Archipelago.
  • Li Mu located tens of millions of sea folk in the archipelago and fired the Void Realm Starshatter Cannon, killing most ordinary sea folk and classholders below LV40.
  • Six LV60 sea folk members emerged near the Hurricane Warship, and Li Mu trapped them with the Phoenix's warship skill and Void Realm Starshatter Cannon.
  • Li Mu released the Steam Mechanic, whose presence revealed the merfolk Wizard's danger-foresight crystal; Li Mu disrupted the Wizard's escape and trapped him inside the Death Wanted Notice's painting.
  • The Hurricane Battle Corps and Steam Mechanic killed the five remaining sea folk members using hurricane attacks, Void Steam, and the Fire Dragon Sniper Cannon.

Ch. 259Anchor of Fantasy LV7

Li Mu returned from his victory over the sea folk with a huge haul of HuoZhong Source Power, upgraded the Anchor of Fantasy, and converted two powerful Relics into Spark Relics. After testing the Blood Feast Goblet and arranging travel between Mars and Blue Star, he prepared to develop the other Phoenix Empires and seek more Relics.

  • Li Mu returned to the Hurricane Archipelago after destroying most of the sea folk in the Whirlpool Archipelago, while unseen whirlpools began absorbing the bloodied seawater.
  • The mermaid Wizard killed himself when the Steam Mechanic’s equipment and steam left him with no hope of survival, and Li Mu identified his Hope Pendant as a danger-sensing Relic.
  • Li Mu upgraded the Anchor of Fantasy to Level 7, converted the Hope Pendant into a Spark Relic without its side effects, and then converted the Blood Feast Goblet into another Spark Relic.
  • Li Mu drank wine aged in the Blood Feast Goblet, rose from LV25 to LV26, then used nirvana to return to LV25 and decided to use the goblet to train subordinates.
  • Li Mu created teleportation arrays between Mars and Blue Star, spread the Death Wanted Notice across the First Phoenix Empire, and prepared to open Dimensional Passages to the Second and Third Phoenix Empires.

Ch. 260Spark Life Source

Li Mu captured the Pure Sea Demon Lotuses and used them to raise his Transcendence Level to LV30, then transformed his bone marrow into a HuoZhong organ and awakened Spark Life Source. He restored the Nightmare Crown to orange quality and gave it to the demon god infant clone, which began building a nightmare asylum.

  • Li Mu sent forces through two Dimensional Passages to develop the Pacific Rim world and Avatar World, then flew the Phoenix to investigate the Pure Sea Demon Lotuses.
  • Li Mu discovered that the lotuses' light matched the Candle Dragon Eye's power and trapped them in the Void Within the Painting.
  • Li Mu killed the lotuses with soul attacks, absorbed their Spark Energy, and raised his Transcendence Level to LV30.
  • Li Mu transformed his bone marrow into a HuoZhong organ and awakened Spark Life Source, whose Growth trait let HuoZhong gain growth potential.
  • Li Mu used his bone marrow and over a million HuoZhong Source Coins to restore the Nightmare Crown to orange quality, then explored its Nightmare Monarch skill.
  • Li Mu gave the Nightmare Crown to the demon god infant clone, which gathered patients' dreams to create a nightmare layer within the Asylum Mirror.

Ch. 261Disguise LV20

After recovering his HuoZhong bone marrow, Li Mu raised his Disguise talent to LV20, began strengthening his Phoenix bloodline, and gathered Gluttonous Jellyfish as reserves for leveling. He returned to the Hurricane Archipelago, learned that the Whirlpool Archipelago’s ancient ruin had caused the hurricanes to weaken, and chose to prepare before joining the expedition.

  • Li Mu hunted the remaining Pure Sea Demon Lotuses until he reached LV40, then raised Disguise to LV20 and gained the Rebirth trait.
  • Li Mu bought thunderbird and peacock blood, used it to brew Life Blood Wine, and began cultivating his Phoenix bloodline.
  • Li Mu paralyzed the Gluttonous Jellyfish in a dark sea region and sealed them in the space inside the painting as reserve rations.
  • Li Mu returned to the Hurricane Archipelago and learned that the whirlpools and hurricanes had weakened after the sea race’s near-extinction and the discovery of an ancient ruin.
  • Li Mu decided to raise his Blood Origin Wizard to LV50 before exploring the ruin, then arrived in Turin City and spent the evening relaxing.

Ch. 262Mysterious Figurehead

Li Mu discovered that a cursed ship figurehead connected to a Second Epoch space, then obtained and examined the Brandon Family’s Altar of the Dead. When Lucy awakened, he realized the person in her room was an impostor and suspected the old steward had helped the real Lucy escape or switch places.

  • Li Mu bought billions of gold coins’ worth of resources from the Turin Merchant Association, then secluded himself to create Blood God Spawn and learn Blood Origin Wizard spells.
  • The Hurricane Battle Corps reported that a salvaged figurehead had caused deaths in the City Lord’s Mansion, and Li Mu learned it connected to an alternate space transmitting curses at night.
  • Li Mu treated Lucy with Nirvana Flame and received the Altar of the Dead from the old steward, then used Heart Sense Perception to uncover its powers and dangers.
  • Li Mu placed a Golden Crow Secondary Soul to watch Lucy, but two days later he found that the awakened woman was not the real Lucy and suspected the old steward had helped switch her.

Ch. 263Terror at the Auction

Li Mu uncovered a trace of the Lord of Twilight’s divinity hidden in the Altar of the Dead, then abandoned the Hurricane Lord identity and began considering how to replace Ghost Admiral Richardson. At the Turin auction, he bought five [relics] and escaped the trackers by using a Blood God Spawn as a decoy; he then began removing the mental marks on the items.

  • Li Mu used Heart Sense Perception to discover the Lord of Twilight’s divinity parasitizing the undead divinity within the Altar of the Dead.
  • Li Mu sold the Hurricane Lord’s territories and properties to Poseidonia Grand Lord for five hundred million gold coins, then left the Hurricane Archipelago with the Hurricane Battle Corps.
  • Li Mu chose Ghost Admiral Richardson as a potential identity to steal, but learned Richardson was exceptionally difficult to capture and postponed the attempt.
  • At the Turin Merchant Association auction, Li Mu bought a blood dragon’s dragon crystal, avoided bidding on a vampire prince’s blood core, and later purchased all five auctioned [relics].
  • Li Mu escaped the auction by teleporting and using a Blood God Spawn to bear the trackers’ mental marks, then examined the [relics] and summoned the steam mechanic to remove their marks.

Ch. 264Cross-Dressing Mermaid

Li Mu traveled to Sea Forest, learned that Ghost Admiral Richardson would return before his wedding, and devised a plan to capture him. He disguised himself as Richardson’s lover Sani and waited in her place to lure Richardson into a trap.

  • Li Mu converted a purple Relic into the Multiplier Revolver and upgraded Soul-Stinging Thorn by fusing it with a green Relic, gaining the ability to create Abyss Soul Poison.
  • Li Mu reached Sea Forest, traded goods in Sea Grudge City, and infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion through the Mirror World to read the memories of its residents.
  • Li Mu learned that Richardson was away seeking a gift for his fiancée Helena and would return within a month to marry her.
  • Li Mu captured a goblin delivering fruit to the City Lord’s Mansion, turned it into a Blood God Spawn, and disguised himself as a Summer Moon Fruit in the shipment.
  • Li Mu put Sani to sleep, took her magical treasures, turned her into a Blood God Spawn, and assumed her appearance to await Richardson.

Ch. 265Undead Heart

Li Mu lured Richardson into the undead plane, sealed him, and turned him into a Blood God Spawn before claiming the plane as his own. With Richardson managing the Undead Heart and Altar of the Dead, Li Mu began investigating why no undead in the plane had intelligence.

  • Richardson returned to Sani and tried to save her when she began vomiting blood, then took her to the undead plane and placed the Undead Heart inside her.
  • Li Mu emerged from Sani, used the Nightmare Crown and Spacetime Source Core to strip Richardson of his authority, and sealed his main body with the Blood Source God-Sealing Curse.
  • Li Mu pursued Richardson’s avatar, overcame the summoned LV70 Spectral Death Adjudicator with the Steam Mechanic’s help, and killed the avatar with a Soul-Stinging Thorn.
  • Li Mu turned Richardson into a Blood God Spawn, discovered the Undead Heart’s side effects also affected him, and temporarily sealed the Relic while giving Richardson control of the Altar of the Dead.
  • Li Mu refined the undead plane’s core to become its master, forced the Death Adjudicator to retreat, and used Heart Sense Perception on an LV60 Dark Specter to investigate the plane’s unintelligent undead.

Ch. 266Black Forbidden Relic

Li Mu discovered that the undead plane’s curse could threaten his intelligence, transferred its burden to his Demon God Juvenile clone, and claimed the Bag of Greed. When Helena arrived for their wedding, she recognized that he was Li Mu rather than Richardson and revealed the black-quality Abyss Demon Heart fused with her.

  • Li Mu traced the warnings from Heart Sense Perception and the Hope Pendant to a curse on the undead plane, then bound Richardson to his Demon God Juvenile clone to redirect the curse.
  • Li Mu claimed the Bag of Greed, whose Greed Coins could force transactions but whose use consumed lifespan and caused addiction; he planned to transfer its side effects to his clone.
  • Li Mu returned to Sea Grudge City, prepared for the wedding, and received a message from Grand Lord Poseidonia saying Helena would be sent through a temporary teleportation gate without guests.
  • Helena arrived in a tattered wedding dress, recognized Li Mu beneath his Richardson disguise, and insisted that she wanted to marry him.
  • Li Mu read Helena’s memories and learned that Grand Lord Poseidonia planned to use her child with Richardson to obtain the Bag of Greed and pursue demigodhood.
  • Li Mu discovered that Helena had been fused from birth with the black-quality Forbidden Relic Abyss Demon Heart, which let her perceive and affect the thoughts of others.

Ch. 267God-Summoning Ritual

Li Mu turned Helena into a special Blood God Spawn, but the Abyss Heart intervened when the old butler and Lucy tried to summon a god inside the Mirror Void. After investigating the relic and uncovering Lucy’s role in the Brandon Family’s downfall, Li Mu preserved his cover and gained a strengthened Mirror Void, though he began to suspect another force was behind his extraordinary luck.

  • Li Mu decided to bind Helena as his slave and transform her into a special Blood God Spawn, then ordered the wedding to be held the next day.
  • Li Mu used the Blood Source Fusion Agent and a blood pool to change Helena’s class, formed a contract with her, and completed her transformation.
  • While Li Mu slept, the old butler and Lucy seized control of the Mirror Void and began a ritual to communicate with a god.
  • Helena’s Abyss Heart altered the ritual and summoned black slime that swallowed the old butler and Lucy before Helena collapsed.
  • Li Mu regained control of the Mirror Void, investigated the Abyss Heart, and learned that Lucy had deceived the old butler and caused the Brandon Family’s destruction.
  • After Helena recovered, Li Mu realized his good fortune on the Abyss Giant Star might have another source beyond his demonic god infant avatar.

Ch. 268Phoenix LV19

Li Mu discovered that [Relics] were dead HuoZhongs and married Helena on the Abyss Giant Star before raising the Phoenix to LV19. Back in Golden Crow City, he learned the Alien Races had begun using Seed Destroyers, and Zhang Yi revealed that Gaia’s will now allowed some Alien Race geniuses to awaken Origin HuoZhongs, leaving Li Mu worried that humanity’s confidence could prove misplaced.

  • Li Mu used Heart Sense Perception to learn that [Relics] were dead HuoZhongs transformed by the Abyss HuoZhong, and confirmed that HuoZhong Professionals received the Abyss Giant Star’s favor.
  • Li Mu married Helena in Richardson’s place, held off Sea Forest Family elders with undead creatures, and spent the night with Helena.
  • Li Mu raised the Phoenix’s hull structure and Shipboard Spark to LV19, then had Helena use the Abyss Heart to identify the Crystal Skull’s eye as an Abyss Eye that required Brandon Family bloodline to unseal.
  • Li Mu returned with Helena to Golden Crow City and learned from Zhang Yi that Alien Races were attacking human cities and could now pilot Seed Destroyers.
  • Zhang Yi explained that the Alien Races’ growing influence over Gaia’s will had crossed a threshold that let some of their geniuses awaken Origin HuoZhongs, while the Spark Alliance planned to use war to purge rivals and select who could remain in the Spark World.
  • Li Mu doubted that the Spark Alliance’s confidence was justified and feared the Alien Races might eventually defeat humanity.

Ch. 269Virtual Godhead Traits

Li Mu fused the Abyss Eye with the Clairvoyance Spark and used crystallized godhead powder to upgrade the Shipboard Spark, gaining a Virtual Godhead that converted faith into HuoZhong Source Power. He set out for the Starlight War Zone to hunt Alien Races for battle merit, but his first test against the Light Spirit Race revealed the overwhelming strength of its LV80 leader.

  • Li Mu broke the Crystal Skull’s seal with Belloc’s blood, fused the Abyss Eye with the Clairvoyance Spark, and gained powerful vision abilities while deciding not to risk activating Abyss Gaze.
  • Li Mu discovered the Crystal Skull’s remains were crystallized godhead powder and used them to upgrade the Shipboard Spark, which gained the Virtual Godhead characteristic and began converting faith into HuoZhong Source Power.
  • Li Mu ordered the Phoenix Apostle to mythologize him, left Rei Ayanami in charge of Golden Crow City, and traveled to the Starlight War Zone to pursue the Spark Alliance’s battle-merit rewards.
  • After reviewing the war-zone intelligence, Li Mu learned that the Light Spirit Race was besieging Starlight Free City and that its leader was an LV80 extraordinary lifeform.
  • Li Mu tested his Void Realm Starshatter Cannon against the Light Spirit Race in the Mirror World, killing many of its members but getting the Phoenix destroyed by the leader after its twenty seconds of invulnerability ended.
  • Li Mu restarted the Mirror Void and planned to find a way to escape after firing another shot so he could devastate the Light Spirit Race and earn battle merit.

Ch. 270Making a Fortune from War

Li Mu failed to recruit Starlight Free City for a coordinated strike, but crippled the Light Spirit Race with a surprise Void Realm Shell before moving to Gemstone Forest to earn battle merits and HuoZhong Source Coins. After his successful purge made him a target of the Alien Alliance, he considered buying a Phoenix Feather to strengthen the Phoenix, while wondering whether the offer was bait.

  • Li Mu contacted Xin Zhengxiang to arrange an attack on the Light Spirit Race, but Helena detected Xin Zhengxiang's lies and Li Mu decided to fire one shot before leaving.
  • Li Mu disguised himself, launched a delayed Void Realm Shell that killed Light Spirit Race members below LV50, and earned more than 160,000 battle merits.
  • The enraged Light Spirit Race leader broke through Starlight Free City's defenses and looted the city, while the Spark Alliance blamed Xin Zhengxiang for the defeat rather than Li Mu.
  • Li Mu traveled to Gemstone Forest and used Void Realm Shells to complete mercenary missions, earning nearly eighty million HuoZhong Source Coins over more than half a month.
  • Li Mu's battle merit passed one million and he entered the rankings' top hundred, prompting warnings from his Hope Pendant and making him a target for the Alien Alliance.
  • Li Mu considered spending battle merit on a Phoenix Feather that could strengthen the Phoenix's hull, but suspected the item might be bait.

Ch. 271Void Realm Starshatter Cannon LV20

Li Mu upgraded the Phoenix with a Phoenix Feather and several powerful modules, including the Void Realm Starshatter Cannon, then learned that the Alien Alliance planned to abandon the Spark World for the Nightmare Dimension. With the war nearing its end and his battle-merit rank still far from first, he headed toward other battlefields to challenge stronger alien races.

  • Li Mu bought a Phoenix Feather through the Nightmare Black Market, found and removed its hidden tracking mark, and used it to raise the Phoenix's hull structure to Red LV20.
  • Li Mu enhanced the Spatial Nanoworm Nest and Light Matter Engine, improving the Phoenix's spatial abilities, repairs, speed, and interstellar travel capabilities.
  • Li Mu raised the Void Realm Starshatter Cannon to LV20, gaining the Twins trait that made every shell produce an additional duplicate.
  • Li Mu cleared most alien species from the Gemstone Forest Sea, then decided to reinforce other battlefields as the aliens fell into a severe disadvantage.
  • The Spark Alliance announced that the Alien Alliance had used a seven-colored HuoZhong to reincarnate fallen aliens in the Nightmare Dimension and planned to abandon the Spark World.
  • Li Mu suspected the Spark Alliance had allowed the plan to proceed, saw that he ranked twenty-ninth with 1.4 million battle merits, and resolved to fight powerful alien races for first place.

Ch. 272Battleaxe Insectmen

Li Mu traveled to the underground war zone beneath Black Goat Free City to earn battle merits and upgraded Hull Fusion Technique, gaining the ability to inherit Phoenix’s traits. He fought an elite Alien Race force and killed the LV71 battle-axe insect man, leaving the battlefield cleared of its most dangerous attackers.

  • Song Xiaoyu searched the Spark Network for vulnerable war zones, and Li Mu chose the underground region beneath Black Goat Free City.
  • Li Mu fused a red Spark Star Core into Hull Fusion Technique, reached LV20, and gained the Fusion trait that let him inherit Phoenix’s traits.
  • Li Mu used Hull Fusion and Void Ring attacks to kill lower-level Alien Races besieging a Spark City, while his Blood God Spawns engaged the stronger enemies.
  • Li Mu sealed the wind-thunder winged man and captured the shadow frog man and shadow monster in the Mirror Void as the battle-axe insect man attacked him.
  • Li Mu survived the insect man’s deadly burst by swapping places with a Blood God Spawn, then used the Bag of Greed to distract him and cut off his head with repeated Void Rings.

Ch. 273Abyss Gaze (Happy National Day)

Li Mu rushed to aid Mountain Monster City, where he killed the LV82 Star River Divine Spider and absorbed its thread into the Abyss Eye, then captured the city after Shan Mingzhi’s betrayal. When the Blood River Cult’s pope attacked Black Goat Free City, Li Mu escaped the coming battle through a Light Matter Wormhole and returned to Golden Crow City.

  • Li Mu cleared the remaining Alien Race members, entered the underground world, and hurried toward Mountain Monster City after Song Xiaoyu reported that Shan Mingzhi had killed the reinforcements and surrendered the city.
  • The Star River Divine Spider pierced Li Mu with a thread, but his Abyss Eye consumed it and caused the spider to lose its soul.
  • Li Mu absorbed the spider’s remaining power, used its thread to seal Mountain Monster City into a photograph, and received battle merits that raised his total to 3.02 million.
  • Li Mu reflected on Shan Mingzhi’s surrender and resolved to grow stronger before traveling to reinforce another Titan Underground City.
  • Song Xiaoyu reported that the Blood River Cult’s pope had attacked and captured Black Goat Free City, so Li Mu used Light Matter Wormhole to escape the threatened continent.
  • Li Mu returned to Golden Crow City and prepared to clear the Alien Races hiding in the Vast Sea Realm.

Ch. 274Sealing Gaia

Li Mu watched the Spark Alliance evacuate humanity from the Spark World and seal it, then learned Gaia intended to consume all life and that the alliance had prepared for millions of years to stop it. With the Spark Network restored in the main universe, he learned how HuoZhong Source Power would be obtained and found his new permission rank brought him a yearly conversion limit of three million units.

  • Li Mu received the Spark Alliance’s order for humanity to abandon the Spark World, and Golden Crow City was carried away by a seven-colored hook as the alliance evacuated the Spark Cities.
  • Li Mu saw the Spark World imprisoned in space, lost contact with Gaia’s Life Seed, and then regained access to the Spark Alliance’s public network.
  • Li Mu learned from the network that the primordial Life Seed had created Gaia, that Gaia sought to consume all life, and that the Spark Alliance had spent millions of years preparing to seal the Spark World.
  • The Spark Alliance announced that HuoZhong Source Power could come from the Nightmare Dimension, Spark instances, special treasures, or resources converted through projections of the Hope Grail.
  • Li Mu checked his first-class earl permissions and learned he could convert three million units of HuoZhong Source Power each year, then reviewed his reserves and unspent battle merits.

Ch. 275Star God Sacred Seal

Li Mu exchanged his red Spark reward for the Star God Sacred Seal, discovered it was a key to a dangerous ancient treasury, and fused it into the Shipboard Spark after finding a way to conceal its side effects. He spent the rest of his battle merits on a King-class Seed Cruiser dockyard and rare creature blood, then witnessed the Spark World being sealed as the Spark Alliance began issuing plans for the rescued Spark Cities.

  • Li Mu rejected the Neutron Star Armor and Black Hole Engine before exchanging his reward for the Star God Sacred Seal, despite its dangerous side effects.
  • Li Mu used Heart Sense Perception to discover that the Star God Sacred Seal was a key to an ancient treasury, but the trials required strength above LV90.
  • Li Mu fused the Star God Sacred Seal into the Shipboard Spark and concealed it with the Shipboard Spark, its disguise trait, the Spacetime Source Core, and the Anchor of Fantasy.
  • Li Mu spent 600,000 battle merits on a King-class Seed Cruiser dockyard and the remaining 190,000 on powerful creatures' blood, including Black Goat Demon God essence blood.
  • After waiting more than a month, Li Mu saw Spark Energy chains link the stars around the Spark World and seal it away as the Spark Alliance's arrangements for the Spark Cities began arriving.
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