Arc 15The Hope Fire Seed

Li Mu expanded his powers and forces while fighting across the Spark World, other universes, and the Abyss Netherworld. After creating a Hope Scarecrow, he entered the Abyss Netherworld and prepared to attack a city guarded by Mythical beings.

  • Li Mu accepted the Grand Archon’s plan to draw out Mythic Soul Shadow, devoured its clone, and learned that its sacrifices could have killed him.
  • Li Mu’s battle with the Grand Archon’s schemes unleashed Demon God Nightmare, and Li Mu joined the Spark Alliance’s conflict with the Despair Fleet before returning to the demon-infested Spark World.
  • Li Mu defeated the Divine Wood Demon God, upgraded Phoenix into an Undying Nether Phoenix, and used it to enter the Abyss Netherworld and develop its modules.
  • Li Mu captured the Spark White Tiger, used its Demon God Collar to evolve the Anchor of Fantasy, and destroyed the Sea Star and Wizard civilizations before capturing an Abyss Myth.
  • Li Mu used the Abyssal Demon Page to become a First-Rank Prison Guard, then advanced Phoenix into a Seed Star Destroyer and gathered abyssal creatures for the Blood Source Gourd.
  • Li Mu evolved the Spark Sandbox into a miniature Cosmic Origin Sea, used Fantasy Nirvana to make lasting creations, and crafted a golden-quality Hope Scarecrow.
  • Li Mu piloted Phoenix into the Abyss Netherworld, found a city with several Mythical beings and a Hope Fire Seed, and prepared for battle.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Strange Mission

Li Mu accepted an emergency mission to guard an abyssal rift and traveled to Poseidon Star, where he discovered that the Archon had singled him out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of over a hundred thousand women. His investigation suggested an Abyss Human might be involved, and the chapter ended with Li Mu realizing the disappearances could signal a threat across the Spark Star Domain.

  • Li Mu returned as the Golden Crow, accepted the Archon's emergency summons, and traveled to Poseidon Star to claim a treasure before joining the mission.
  • Zhou Qingya guided Li Mu through Poseidon City's mythical-level defenses, and his Heart Sense Perception revealed she was pregnant and secretly loved a man whose described black eyes suggested he might be an Abyss Human.
  • The Archon gave Li Mu documents about more than a hundred thousand women who had vanished from Poseidon Star, while the other councilors received only instructions about the abyssal fissures.
  • Li Mu noticed the other councilors' documents differed from his and realized the Archon had chosen him as bait to draw out the culprit.
  • Li Mu suspected the Abyss Human Race was behind the disappearances and considered that other Spark Stars might also have been infiltrated.

Ch. 352The Forbidden Secret Shadow Ring

Li Mu chose the Secret Shadow Ring from the Grand Archon’s vault and discovered its powers and its connection to the missing people on Poseidon Star. Suspecting the Chief Consul had arranged for him to obtain it, Li Mu decided to confront the Chief Consul and negotiate the terms of being used.

  • The butler led Li Mu and the other councilors to the Grand Archon’s sealed vault, where Li Mu ranked third and selected a ring that had caught his Heart Sense Perception.
  • The butler gave each councilor a Sea God Badge, and Li Mu used its authority to leave Poseidon City with Zhou Qingya and travel to a deep-sea rift.
  • Li Mu examined the ring and learned that it was a Mythical Level 1 Spark Artifact connected to the dangerous Secret Shadow Dimension and its creatures.
  • Li Mu used a Mirror Spirit and his Mirror Shadow Talent to safely fuse with the ring and gain its Secret Shadow traits and abilities.
  • Li Mu suspected that the ring’s Secret Shadow Demon Seed might explain Zhou Qingya’s altered personality and the disappearance of a hundred thousand people, then decided to ask the Chief Consul directly.

Ch. 353Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit

Li Mu learned that Mythic Soul Shadow had sent an intelligent Mythic clone to Poseidon Star, then survived its possession attempt when his talents devoured it and evolved. He concealed the clone’s death as a secret to counter the Secret Shadow Divine Core, leaving himself with strengthened talents and a new Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit.

  • The Grand Archon explained the history of the Secret Shadow Dimension and revealed that Mythic Soul Shadow’s Mythic clone had used one hundred thousand people as sacrifices and was targeting Li Mu.
  • Li Mu accepted the Grand Archon’s bait plan in exchange for a depleted Secret Shadow Divine Core, a third-rank duke title, and an orange high-grade Spark Star.
  • The Mythic Soul Shadow emerged from Li Mu’s shadow and tried to possess him, but Li Mu’s Camouflage, Hyperthymesia Mirror, and Spark Heart Sense talents devoured it and evolved.
  • Li Mu learned from the clone’s memories that the Grand Archon had underestimated its power and that its sacrifices could have killed him, strengthening his resolve not to rely on others for his safety.
  • Li Mu transformed a seventh-rank Blood God Spawn into a Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit, told several other Blood God Spawns how the Mythic clone had died, and killed them so the secret would be protected by Mirror Shadow Talent.
  • Li Mu used the Healer Mirror Spirit’s Mirror Shadow Talent to fuse with the Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit, causing his unease about the Secret Shadow Divine Core to vanish.

Ch. 354Demon God Nightmare

Li Mu created a mythic Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit from the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon, then let the Grand Archon capture it in exchange for an orange life star and a Secret Shadow Divine Core. The plan unraveled when the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon escaped the Demon God Nightmare, and Li Mu realized the Grand Archon’s willingness to sacrifice an entire universe of humans pointed to a deeper secret about his identity.

  • Li Mu made the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon a mythic being, transformed it into a Secret Shadow Mirror Spirit, and staged its attack on him.
  • The Grand Archon captured the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon and sent Li Mu an orange life star and an empty Secret Shadow Divine Core as payment.
  • Li Mu planted the Divine Core in his heart and realized it could eventually grow into a Secret Shadow Spark.
  • The Grand Archon brought the sealed Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon to Demon God Nightmare and offered it the nightmares of vast numbers of humans in exchange for finding Mythic Soul Shadow’s true body.
  • The Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon escaped as Demon God Nightmare broke free, triggering a divine battle in Spark World.
  • Li Mu concluded that the Grand Archon’s willingness to betray humanity meant he might no longer be human, might never have been human, or might expose non-human figures within the Spark Alliance’s highest ranks.

Ch. 355Red Spark Phone

After a year of battle and cultivation in Abyss Mechanical City, Li Mu fused ten orange Life Seeds into a red Life Seed and used it to enhance the Spark Phone. The newly unlocked Nightmare Game gave him a full map of the Nightmare Dimension and a powerful player projection, leaving him poised to explore its dangers with far less risk.

  • The Grand Archon brought Li Mu and the other councilors through a dimensional wormhole to the Cosmic Origin Sea, where they began a ten-year rotation fighting Abyss creatures.
  • Li Mu learned that Abyss Mechanical City’s intelligent Abyss Spark protected the Heart of the Universe, then spent his first nine days studying laws and preparing for the rotation.
  • After a year, the Phoenix’s Light Matter Engine reached LV40, gaining Light Matter Overclock while requiring one billion cards of HuoZhong Source Power for its next enhancement.
  • Li Mu collected ten orange Life Seeds from alternate universes and fused them into a red Life Seed, which he used to enhance the Spark Phone.
  • Li Mu activated the Nightmare Game in the Nightmare Dimension, bound his true body as its sole player, and discovered that its player projection could grow and return its gains while risking only his Mental Power limit.

Ch. 356Harvests from Nine Years of Bitter Cultivation

Li Mu spent nine years cultivating while using the Spark Phone to explore the Nightmare Dimension, and his Blood Origin Wizard and Transcendence levels both reached LV80. He advanced several talents, gaining new Mirror Soul and False Mask traits and a powerful Nirvana Domain, while leaving his plan to infiltrate the Spark Alliance’s leadership for later.

  • Li Mu used the player projection to kill nearby Nightmare creatures, discovered a high scalpel treasure drop rate that might match the Spark Phone’s level, and sent Bloodshadow Bats to reveal more of the Nightmare map.
  • Song Xiaoyu awakened with authority to control player projections, freeing Li Mu’s Golden Crow Secondary Soul to help him comprehend laws.
  • Over nine years, Li Mu accumulated HuoZhong Source Power, strengthened the ship’s structure to LV50, earned nearly eight hundred billion HuoZhong Source Coins, and raised his Blood Origin Wizard and Transcendence levels to LV80.
  • Li Mu spent Free Attribute Points to raise Hyperthymesia Mirror and Disguise to LV40, gaining the Mirror Soul and False Mask traits, but postponed using Mirror Spirits to infiltrate the Spark Alliance’s council.
  • Li Mu advanced Nirvana to LV91 through law comprehension and gained the Nirvana Domain, which perfected four laws and allowed repeated Ninefold Nirvana within the domain without consuming a use.

Ch. 357Dread Mirage Dragon

Li Mu and the other councilors endured an illusion of Dream Tapir defecting to the Abyss and the universe being swallowed, then learned the test had been staged by a mirage dragon. After returning to the Spark Star Domain, the councilors vented their anger on the Grand Archons and debated whether Abyss Seedships came from another cosmic sea, while Li Mu suspected the Divine Tree Councilor served the Despair Fleet.

  • Li Mu sensed danger as Dream Tapir attacked Divine Tree, and the illusion showed crimson lightning destroying Seed Star Destroyers and the universe being dragged into the Abyss.
  • Li Mu realized the catastrophe might be an illusion, but he and the other councilors accepted Dream Tapir's surrender offer in order to avoid drawing attention or being given difficult duties.
  • The mirage dragon ended the test, and the Sea God dismissed every councilor except Heavenly Craft; Li Mu returned to the Spark Star Domain through a dimensional wormhole.
  • Li Mu joined Councilor Shenmu and the other councilors in tormenting Grand Archons in a Spark Network arena before they discussed the possibility of Abyss Seedships from another cosmic sea.
  • Li Mu concluded that the illusion was connected to the Despair Fleet and suspected the Divine Tree Councilor was its pawn.

Ch. 358Spark Alliance Splits

The Grand Speaker declared the Spark Alliance’s split from the Despair Fleet, forcing councilors to choose sides as Li Mu prepared for the coming conflict. After learning more about the Divine Prison Alliance and the Mythic Soul Shadow, Li Mu entered the Dominator Battlefield Spark Instance and took command of the Muya Civilization’s fleet.

  • The Grand Speaker revealed that Beast King Speaker and the Grand Archon served the Despair Fleet, then formally split the Spark Alliance from it and required councilors to choose sides.
  • Beast King Speaker led more than a dozen councilors and many HuoZhong Professionals out through a stargate, while the remaining councilors signed Spark Contracts and discussed plans for the conflict.
  • Li Mu contacted Flower Fairy, who warned him to be cautious of the newly revealed Divine Prison Alliance and told him the Mythic Soul Shadow was a key to the Secret Shadow Dimension’s abyssal secret.
  • Li Mu activated a Void Key and entered the Dominator Battlefield Spark Instance, accepting the mission to help the Machine Spirit Fleet reverse the outcome of the Dominator War.
  • Li Mu studied the opposing fleets and used his knowledge of the Spark Alliance councilors’ tactics to issue orders to the Machine Spirit Fleets.

Ch. 359Spark Spirit Source

Li Mu infiltrated the Spark Alliance fleet with disguised Muya flagships and turned the Dominator war around, earning the Spark Spirit Source after completing the main quest. When the instance collapsed, he found himself back in the demon-infested Spark World and decided to explore before leaving.

  • Li Mu sent the Phoenix and several hundred Muya flagships behind the Spark Alliance, disguised them as Seedships, and infiltrated the enemy fleet.
  • After half a month of bombardment, Li Mu ordered the Muya fleet to overclock its cannons while the disguised flagships attacked the Spark Alliance from within, shattering its flagship domains.
  • The Spark Alliance retreated through spatial jumps after losing nearly one-third of its strength, while the Muya Civilization lost only several hundred flagships and Li Mu’s special Blood God Spawns revived.
  • Li Mu completed the main quest and received the Mythical Level 1 Spark Spirit Source, which he realized could greatly enhance his Shipboard Spark and the Phoenix.
  • The Spark instance collapsed and returned Li Mu to the demon-infested Spark World, where he decided to look around before escaping through the Mirror Realm.

Ch. 360Divine Wood Demon God

Li Mu strengthened Phoenix, discovered that Spark Alliance starships secretly monopolized the Spark World’s resources, and began hunting Mist Beasts to gather HuoZhong Source Power. After deducing that the starships fought Demon Gods one-on-one, he attacked the Divine Wood Demon God and suffered a devastating mental assault, leaving the Star God Avatar to engage it.

  • Li Mu raised Phoenix’s shipboard spark to LV50, gained the Spark Spirit Source law characteristic, and created a Spark Mechanical Spirit for Rei Ayanami.
  • Li Mu saw a Spark starship attack Mist creatures and realized the Spark Alliance had sealed the Spark World to secretly harvest its resources; he then began destroying Mist Beasts and collected nearly forty billion HuoZhong Source Power.
  • Li Mu found a Demon God’s former seal had been deliberately broken and deduced that Spark starships fought released Demon Gods one-on-one under some kind of arrangement.
  • Li Mu located the Divine Wood Demon God and the Sand Sea Demon God fighting, then watched the Sand Sea Demon God withdraw when Phoenix approached.
  • Li Mu attacked the Divine Wood Demon God with Sun God Flame and Frost Origin Force, but the suffering of its imprisoned human victims caused Li Mu’s soul to begin collapsing.
  • Li Mu opened the Mirror Void, and the Star God Avatar emerged in its Titan Divine Body and charged at the Divine Wood Demon God.

Ch. 361Hull Structure LV70

Li Mu captured the Divine Wood Demon God, learned that the Spark Alliance’s Mythical captains had made a pact with the Demon Gods, and upgraded the Phoenix’s hull structure to LV70. The Phoenix became an Undying Nether Phoenix with authority to traverse the unknown Abyss Netherworld, leaving Li Mu puzzled about what that place was.

  • The Star God Avatar defeated the Divine Wood Demon God, while Li Mu used the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon’s divine kingdom and abyssal aura to seal it alive; the Sand Sea Demon God fled.
  • Li Mu’s Demon God Juvenile avatar confronted the Sand Sea Demon God, which revealed that each Mythical starship could kill only one Demon God under the pact with the Spark Alliance.
  • Li Mu left Spark World and spent half a year upgrading the Phoenix’s hull structure from LV50 to LV70 while working to remove the abyssal aura from the imprisoned Divine Wood Demon God.
  • The Phoenix’s LV70 hull became an Undying Nether Phoenix, mastering the laws of flame, life, death, and soul and gaining authority to traverse the Abyss Netherworld.
  • Li Mu wondered why the Phoenix had gained access to the Abyss Netherworld, a place he had never heard of.

Ch. 362Abyss Netherworld

Li Mu strengthened the Deep Space Demon Eye to LV70, then entered the Abyss Netherworld to investigate its hidden environment. He discovered a vast, habitable world filled with cities and intelligent life, and flew toward the nearest human-inhabited city.

  • Li Mu planned to wait four months to gather HuoZhong Source Coins and raise Vivienne to Mythic rank.
  • Vivienne ignited her divine fire, formed her divine spark, established the Blood God Realm within the Blood Source Gourd, and gained the Blood Clan Creator and Blood God divine offices.
  • Li Mu gathered upgrade materials, including the eyes of a Void Eyed Demon, and strengthened the Deep Space Demon Eye to LV70, awakening the Law of Perception and the Law of Division.
  • Li Mu used the Undying Nether Phoenix law trait to enter the Abyss Netherworld, then transformed the Phoenix into an Abyss Warship to withstand the abyssal aura.
  • Li Mu used the Deep Space Demon Eye to map the surrounding land and discovered cities inhabited by intelligent lifeforms, then headed toward the nearest human-inhabited city.

Ch. 363Abyss Netherworld

Li Mu learned how the Abyss Netherworld worked, stole suppression resources from Elegant Light City, and found a rich source of unstable abyssal aura to strengthen Phoenix. After several months, four Subordinate Modules reached LV70, and the Imaginary Number Factory gave Li Mu the means to start building a private Seedship fleet.

  • Li Mu used Heart Sense Perception to learn Abyssal and God Prison Script, discovering that the Abyss Will drained the lives of mythical beings and left many demigods and pseudo-gods reduced to beggar-like status.
  • Li Mu stole suppression resources from a shop in Elegant Light City and discovered that hope-bearing treasures could be used to create Hope Fire Seeds.
  • Li Mu infiltrated a mineral valley and let Phoenix absorb its unstable abyssal aura, strengthening its Subordinate Modules over the following months.
  • The Golden Crow Blazing Sun Cannon and Mechanical Source Force Cannon reached LV70, gaining the Sunshine Everywhere and Mechanical Berserk Law Traits, respectively.
  • The Neutron Star Armor and Imaginary Medical Bay also reached LV70, with the latter gaining Imaginary Avatar and a greatly increased medicine-production capacity.
  • Li Mu estimated that the Imaginary Number Factory could produce about one trillion HuoZhong Source Coins' worth of supplies annually, giving him confidence to form a private Seedship fleet.

Ch. 364Alliance Twin Cities

After years of work, Li Mu finished the final enhancement preparations for the Light Matter Engine and took Rei Ayanami and Tong Xue on vacation to Alliance Star. At Alliance Twin Cities, he discovered a rare Seed White Tiger whose talent could make it a powerful Mirror Spirit for Phoenix.

  • Li Mu returned from Elegant Light City with stolen suppression resources and unattended quasi-gods and demigods, then spent days settling delayed medicine orders.
  • Over the next two years, Li Mu expanded the Imaginary Number Factory's supply network and earned 1.3 trillion HuoZhong Source Coins hunting Mist Beasts, though Spark Starships increasingly threatened him.
  • Li Mu invested 200 billion HuoZhong Source Power into the Light Matter Engine and took Rei Ayanami and Tong Xue to Alliance Star while it evolved.
  • The three toured Alliance Twin Cities on the Nether King Cat and found a newborn Seed White Tiger in a rare-beast shop.
  • Li Mu used Heart Sense Perception to discover that the Seed White Tiger grew stronger through slaughter and realized it could become a highly compatible Mirror Spirit for Phoenix.

Ch. 365Snatching Food from a Tiger's Mouth

Li Mu waited for the Beast King Speaker to seize the Spark White Tiger and remove the tracking methods hidden in its body. He then pulled the cub through a mirror and stole it, leaving the Beast King Speaker’s escape and the Spark Alliance’s response unresolved.

  • Li Mu learned the shop owner had no intention of selling the Spark White Tiger and suspected it was bait meant to lure the Beast King Speaker.
  • Li Mu and his companions stayed in Alliance Twin Cities while his Mirror Spirits monitored the pet shop’s repeat visitors.
  • Li Mu discovered that the Beast King Speaker’s forces were preparing to attack and that one visitor had been replaced by a concealed painted skin.
  • The Beast King Speaker’s forces attacked the shop, used a seven-colored lightning talisman, killed the owner, and seized the Spark White Tiger.
  • The fox beastman removed the tracking methods from the injured cub and escaped through a Spark wormhole, but Li Mu pulled the cub out through a mirror using his prepared Mirror Shadow Talent.

Ch. 366Fierce God Weapon Master

Li Mu possessed the Spark White Tiger, discovered its powerful combat talents, and destroyed the Beast King Speaker’s demonic intent in the Demon God Collar. The Anchor of Fantasy used the collar’s hidden connection to gain a link to the Primordial Spark, then consumed the Life Seed and Abyss Gate to evolve to LV40.

  • Li Mu revived and possessed the Spark White Tiger, gaining the Goldflame War Body and Fierce God Weapon Master talents.
  • Li Mu identified the seven-colored collar as the Demon God Collar and burned away the Beast King Speaker’s demonic intent, prompting the Beast King Speaker to seek help finding him.
  • The Anchor of Fantasy drew a phantom chain from the Demon God Collar and gained the single-use Fantasy Link trait.
  • Li Mu used Fantasy Link to connect the Anchor of Fantasy to the Primordial Spark, raising it to LV29.
  • The Anchor of Fantasy transformed Li Mu’s red Life Seed into a seven-colored Life Seed, then absorbed it and evolved to LV30.
  • The Anchor of Fantasy consumed the Abyss Gate and its Gate divine authority, evolving to LV40 as Li Mu sensed it could rise much further.

Ch. 367Anchor of Fantasy LV70

Li Mu examined the newly evolved LV70 Anchor of Fantasy and used its abilities to strengthen the Phoenix and improve his perception. Unable to capture an Abyss Myth yet, he turned to developing the Spark White Tiger and considered how its growing power might help him seize one alive.

  • The Anchor of Fantasy absorbed the final Door Deity Priesthood fragment and gained six powerful characteristics, including the Fantasy Gate, Fantasy Fire Candle, and Fantasy Black Hole.
  • Li Mu tested the miniature wheel, confirmed that the Fantasy Gate could reach worlds he had visited, and fused the Anchor of Fantasy back into the Phoenix while preserving its faint link to the Primordial Spark.
  • Li Mu raised the Shipboard Spark to LV69, but it required the divine soul of an Abyss Myth to advance further; he also realized the Abyss Heart needed a living Abyss Myth to become a Spark Holy Relic.
  • Li Mu used his last orange Life Seed to create a Fantasy Fire Candle, which revealed how to activate the Abyss Heart but did not expose its core secret.
  • Li Mu decided to stop rushing his plans, raised the Spark White Tiger to the seventh rank, and strengthened its Goldflame War Body with the Indestructible Vajra and Spark Avatar traits.

Ch. 368White Tiger Stirs the Sea

Li Mu infiltrated the Wizard Universe, identified the civilizations that had encountered laws, and slaughtered nearly ten thousand of them before targeting the Sea Star Civilization. He lured the Sea Star Progenitor away from his ocean domain and killed him after a three-day battle, leaving only one mythical civilization to conquer.

  • Li Mu used Danny to draw out the Star God Avatar, then entered the cosmic origin sea and learned the void coordinates of civilizations across the Wizard Universe.
  • Li Mu sent special Blood God Spawns across the universe and personally destroyed nearly ten thousand civilizations that had encountered laws.
  • Li Mu and twenty Spark avatars stirred the Sea Star Civilization’s vast void sea with amplified tiger roars, killing its lower-tier people and driving the Sea Star Progenitor from his lair.
  • Li Mu feigned defeat and lured the Sea Star Progenitor away from the void sea, then used Fierce God Weapon Aura to corrode and seize control of the water giant.
  • Li Mu trapped the Sea Star Progenitor inside the Blood Source Gourd, exhausted his energy through three days and two nights of fighting, and killed him with a claw strike.

Ch. 369Killing a Mythical Wizard in Return

Li Mu destroyed the Starfish Civilization, then confronted the Mythical Wizard who had trapped the Star God Avatar and discovered that he came from the Abyss Giant Star. After a prolonged battle outside the Wizard Starfield, Li Mu exploited spatial chaos to land a decisive blow, leaving the Mythical Wizard’s fate unresolved.

  • Li Mu slaughtered the Progenitor Starfish Person and destroyed the Starfish Civilization, raising his Fierce God Weapon Master talent to LV20.
  • Li Mu investigated the Wizard Starfield, found its civilization’s vast magic array and extreme hostility toward faith, and sent Seed Avatars to sabotage it.
  • The Mythical Wizard pursued Li Mu outside the Wizard Starfield after Li Mu refused to enter his territory, and the two revealed their origins in the Abyss Giant Star and Blue Star.
  • Li Mu and the Mythical Wizard fought for hours, with the wizard using magic traps, spatial attacks, and a spacetime displacement array to gain the advantage.
  • Li Mu endured the wizard’s folded spatial fissure and struck while spatial chaos prevented the wizard from teleporting, crushing his skull and tearing his body apart.

Ch. 370Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon

Li Mu destroyed wizard civilization and gained partial control of the Wizard Universe, then hunted down and captured an Abyss Mythic. He forged the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon from his spine and Fierce God Weapon Aura, and set out to sacrifice the Sea Star Progenitor to temper it.

  • Li Mu wiped out wizard civilization, making his Star God Avatar a Lord of the Universe and granting him a share of its yearly resources.
  • Li Mu considered using his Disguise Talent to conquer multiple universes and grew wary of the Despair Fleet and Abyss Fleet after realizing how much they gained by destroying Cosmic Seas.
  • Li Mu led his combined forces into the Healer Starfield, where the Phoenix’s cannons severely injured a flesh-ball Abyss Mythic before he swallowed it and retreated through the Mirror Realm.
  • Li Mu used Mirror Void to seal the captured Abyss Mythic, the Sea Star Progenitor, and the Mythical Wizard inside a Galaxy God Array.
  • Li Mu transformed 1,096 segments of his regenerated spine into Sparks and fused them with the Fierce God Weapon Aura, producing the rainbow-quality Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon.
  • Li Mu entered the Galaxy God Array with the weapon and approached the Sea Star Progenitor to sacrifice it and temper the weapon.

Ch. 371Demon God's Authority

Li Mu used the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon to devour the Sea Star Progenitor and Divine Wood Demon God, overcoming the Demon God Curse through Ninefold Nirvana and gaining Demon God Divine Authority. After subduing the Mythical Wizard, he learned the wizard had concealed a secret that made him warn against becoming a god, so Li Mu decided to keep him alive.

  • Li Mu transformed the Sea Star Progenitor into a Fierce God Weapon puppet and discovered that devouring its soul restored one use of Ninefold Nirvana.
  • Li Mu dismembered the Abyss Myth, used its soul to advance the Shipboard Spark, and had Vivienne fuse with the Abyss Heart to purify the Divine Wood Demon God of abyssal aura.
  • Li Mu devoured the Divine Wood Demon God, suffered its curse, and had the Star God Avatar destroy his body and soul so Ninefold Nirvana could revive him and dispel the curse.
  • The Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon advanced to Mythical Level Two and gained Demon God Divine Authority, letting Li Mu control HuoZhong Source Power and hasten his progress toward myth.
  • Li Mu subdued the Mythical Wizard, learned that the wizard had concealed a secret and left himself a warning never to become a god, then chose to spare him and bring him into his care.

Ch. 372Abyss God Prison

Li Mu learned from Reynolds that the Multiverse Sea was part of the Abyss God Prison, then claimed the Abyssal Demon Page and became a prison guard. After sacrificing the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon to complete his first mission, he discovered the prison guard system and a mission to extinguish the Primordial Spark’s torches.

  • Mirror Void transformed Reynolds into a Mirror Spirit, and Reynolds revealed how he had found the Abyssal Demon Page and become a reserve prison guard.
  • Reynolds’s true spirit devoured his soul and escaped through a rift, while the Abyssal Demon Page consumed his body.
  • Li Mu used Mythic Heart Sense Perception to identify the fragment as the Abyssal Demon Page and suspected the Divine Prison Alliance knew the Multiverse Sea’s true nature.
  • Li Mu took the page, became a reserve prison guard, and captured the Eight-Armed Serpent Dragon to complete his promotion mission.
  • The page made Li Mu a First-Rank Prison Guard and revealed his missions, including capturing a god every hundred years and optionally extinguishing the Primordial Spark’s torches.

Ch. 373Phoenix LV70

Li Mu tested his new Abyss Shackles talent, researched the Abyssal Demon Codex, and awakened Phoenix’s Abyss Nether Phoenix authority after its Shipboard Spark reached LV70. He evolved Phoenix into a Seed Star Destroyer and left it with twelve mastered laws and greatly increased combat power.

  • Li Mu activated Abyss Shackles, tested it against the Star God Avatar, and learned that the talent could imprison mythicals and steal their fortune but needed other methods to overcome powerful defenses.
  • Li Mu used the Abyssal Demon Page to research beings and authority levels, then recorded mythical lifeforms and law-touched civilizations across alien universes.
  • Phoenix’s Shipboard Spark reached LV70 and gained the Abyss Nether Phoenix trait, allowing Phoenix to enter the Abyss Mother River and control Tier 7 creatures born from it.
  • Li Mu used Phoenix’s authority to gather hundreds of thousands of Tier 7 abyssal creatures for the Blood Source Gourd before returning to Golden Crow City.
  • Li Mu spent a month supplying resources to evolve Phoenix into a Seed Star Destroyer, which reached seven thousand meters and mastered twelve laws.

Ch. 374Terrifying Dimensional Reduction of Laws

Li Mu tested the Phoenix’s new dimensional-reduction skill by capturing the Void Wraith, then evolved the Spark Sandbox to LV70 and discovered it could create a miniature Spark Universe that strengthened his understanding of laws. The chapter left him wondering who had created the HuoZhong Creator profession as he prepared to seek an abyssal source flame.

  • Li Mu used Size as One Wills, reinforced by several laws, to reduce the Void Wraith’s star system and capture the super lifeform for the Mirror Void.
  • Li Mu returned to Golden Crow City and advanced the Light Matter Engine to LV69, where he learned that an abyssal dark source flame could give it a more powerful evolution at LV70.
  • Li Mu began preparing another trip to the Abyss Netherworld to search for the source flame and used cosmic origin and his mastered laws to evolve the Spark Sandbox.
  • The Spark Sandbox reached LV70 and became a miniature Cosmic Origin Sea with a Law Network, allowing Li Mu to create red Sparks and greatly improve his control and comprehension of laws.
  • Li Mu shaped a miniature universe inside the Spark Sandbox and wondered who had created the HuoZhong Creator profession.

Ch. 375Midas's Hand

Li Mu tested the Spark Sandbox’s new Fantasy Nirvana ability, discovered that it could create worlds and useful treasures, and developed a Hope Fire Seed. After a month of crafting, he entered the Abyss Netherworld with the seed and found a city protected by Light of Hope and inhabited by multiple Mythical beings, setting up an imminent battle.

  • Li Mu used Mythical Heart Sense Perception to investigate the Spark Sandbox, assess its possible evolution into an Abyss God Prison, and watch the Fantasy Spark evolve into the Hope Fire Seed.
  • Li Mu used Fantasy Nirvana to create the world of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, examined its fantasy souls, and confirmed that objects transformed by imagined treasures could leave the Spark Sandbox permanently changed.
  • Li Mu tested Fantasy Nirvana’s limits and found that it could complement Hyperthymesia Mirror by creating treasures and materials for replication, though its creations were limited by the Spark Sandbox’s level.
  • Li Mu had the Spark Sandbox deduce a Hope Fire Seed formula, gathered and replicated its materials, and crafted the golden-quality Hope Scarecrow after more than a month.
  • Li Mu piloted the Phoenix into the Abyss Netherworld, spotted a city with several Mythical beings and a Hope Fire Seed at its center, and prepared for battle.
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