Arc 23Ascension and the Starry Front

Xu Xing and his allies prepared Ascension Envoys while conflicts unfolded across mission worlds, Qi Star, and the Starry Sky Frontline. The stretch ended with Xu Xing arranging a third batch of Envoys as Charm Ancestor proposed an exchange with Bie Xuening.

  • Zhou Kongming killed Zhou Xian after revealing himself as the World Destroyer, but the Twelve Yuanchen Space-Light Sword Array revived Zhou Xian, who then accepted his explanation.
  • Xu Xing learned that the Beast God Realm had become the Earth Immortal Realm and that the Peaceful Realm was preparing Daoist Xuanling for ascension.
  • Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan sold talismans before Chi Jiuyu became a Type III Ascension Envoy, while Zhao Ruohan and Zhang Yunlu joined the second batch.
  • On Qi Star, the Deep Sea Whale Emperor recovered memories of his past life, but Zhou Kongming destroyed him and restored Zhou Xian’s talent-fusing vortex.
  • Xiao Fan entered the Great Profound Realm as an Ascension Envoy, while Confusion killed the Thousand Sun Sect’s guardian deity and joined Xu Xing in punishing the demons, ghosts, and gods of Canlin City.
  • Xu Xing swept Dao weapon crystals from the Starry Sky Frontline, and Xuan fought Charm Ancestor before Gu agreed to fight for the Cang Race Truth Insights’ chance to prove the Dao.
  • Chi Jiuyu spoke with Ye Zhiwei about Sword Sect, Zhao Ruoming, and her Talisman Sword course, while Xu Xing explained Dao Weapons and prepared the third batch of Ascension Envoys.
  • Charm Ancestor gave Bie Xuening carved maple leaves, began discussing her first meeting with Sword Venerable, and proposed an exchange.
Chapters 556–580 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 556The Max-Level Boss Blocking the Novice Village

Zhou Xian absorbed a Changyuan Civilization creature’s innate talent through the altered Yin-Yang Spirit Refining Source-Seizing Technique, nearly dying before a vortex in his soul consumed the overwhelming information. Zhou Kongming later revealed himself as the supposed World Destroyer, but after Zhou Xian doubted him and was killed and revived, Zhou Xian finally believed his explanation.

  • Zhou Kongming examined the world will’s altered divine ability and recognized its dangerous source-seizing power.
  • Zhou Xian endured the extraction of a Changyuan creature’s innate talent until a vortex in his soul absorbed the flood of information and he collapsed.
  • Heng confirmed Zhou Xian was alive and sent a nursing robot to carry him from the laboratory.
  • Zhou Kongming returned to Qi Star, found the unconscious Zhou Xian, healed him, and revealed himself as the World Destroyer while explaining the world will’s false memories.
  • Zhou Xian pretended to believe Zhou Kongming but secretly planned to oppose him, so Zhou Kongming killed him with a sword strike.
  • The Twelve Yuanchen Space-Light Sword Array revived Zhou Xian, and he then believed Zhou Kongming’s explanation.

Ch. 557The Peaceful Realm and the Earth Immortal Realm

Xu Xing learned that the Beast God Realm’s war had ended and considered when to place an Ascension Platform there. You told him how the world he had once visited had become the Peaceful Realm, while the former Beast God Realm had been renamed the Earth Immortal Realm.

  • Xu Xing learned that the Beast God Realm’s war had ended, but its people needed time to rebuild before he could deploy an Ascension Platform.
  • You appeared beside Xu Xing and complained that Xuan and Gu were keeping the front lines quiet while withholding a Dao Soldier Strange Beast.
  • You told Xu Xing that the world he had visited after Xuan knocked him out of the Great Profound Realm had changed, with Jiang Lin and other cultivators building Taiping Dao into a powerful force.
  • You said that the world had been renamed the Peaceful Realm, and Xu Xing noted that the former Beast God Realm had also just changed its name.
  • Xu Xing explained that the Beast God Realm’s people had renamed it the Earth Immortal Realm after the Human Race defeated the Beast God Race.

Ch. 558Ascenders to Appear in the Peaceful Realm

Xu Xing and You discussed the Peaceful Realm’s potential ascender, Daoist Xuanling, and You agreed to help build momentum for his ascent. After Xu Xing reunited with Yuanjun and Bie Xuening at the Sword Sect, Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan struggled to sell their goods at the Supreme Dao Sect’s trading area, where Zhao Ruohan pointed out a problem with their location.

  • Xu Xing learned that the Earth Immortal Realm’s Human Race had defeated the Beast God Race after a war lasting more than six hundred years, though the realm still needed time to rebuild before anyone ascended.
  • You told Xu Xing that Daoist Xuanling of the Peaceful Realm had nearly met the requirements for ascension, and Xu Xing asked You to intimidate the Profound Penetrations and build momentum for him.
  • Xu Xing descended the Sword Sect mountain and found Yuanjun talking with Bie Xuening; he explained that Daoist Xuanling was the prospective ascender, then Bie Xuening left after receiving messages from Charm Ancestor.
  • Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan waited at their Supreme Dao Sect stall without making a sale, and Zhao Ruohan said their busy location was unsuitable for selling there.

Ch. 559The Great Dao of Steadiness!

Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan waited at their conspicuous stall for buyers seeking spell-refining materials, while secretly studying cultivation techniques. As evening came, customers arrived in the form of disguised puppets and a paper man, and Chi Jiuyu made her first sales.

  • Chi Jiuyu learned from Zhao Ruohan that secluded buyers would avoid the prime stall locations, but she could not change stalls until the next day.
  • Chi Jiuyu read the Void-Expounding Dao Talisman Book · Hong Qianqian Annotated Edition while Zhao Ruohan secretly studied notes on her latest divine ability after feeling outmatched by Chi Jiuyu.
  • A disguised puppet incarnation bought three jade boxes from Chi Jiuyu and paid with the Supreme Dao Sect’s crystal-card system before vanishing.
  • A paper man bought three more jade boxes without haggling, paid with a crystal card, and self-immolated.

Ch. 560Xu Xing, Who Was Innocently Caught in the Crossfire Back Then

Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan sold the last of their spellcrafting materials while Zhao Ruohan noticed Chi Jiuyu was studying in secret. Later, Yuanjun and Xu Xing visited Ji Yue, whose old rivalry with Yuanjun had once left Xu Xing caught in the crossfire, and Xu Xing suggested Ji Yue’s injuries might heal sooner than expected.

  • Chi Jiuyu sold the remaining materials to a Supreme Dao Sect disciple, who bought both portions hoping to resell them for profit.
  • Chi Jiuyu’s phone revealed that she had been reading the Void-Expounding Dao Talisman Book, and she invited Zhao Ruohan to celebrate their sales.
  • Yuanjun and Xu Xing visited Ji Yue in the Sword Sect inner sect, where Ji Yue and Yuanjun recalled their childhood rivalry.
  • Ji Yue revealed that she had avoided Yuanjun while frail because she felt diminished beside her, but she still intended to keep competing with her.
  • Xu Xing said Ji Yue’s injuries might not take so long to heal, while explaining that severing the backlash from her failed Immortal-Knocking Pass would also destroy her.

Ch. 561Senior Sister Ji Probably Doesn't Know, Right?

Xu Xing learned that he might eventually refine his Sword Qi enough to heal Ji Yue’s injuries, and he discussed the changing cultivation era with her. After leaving Ji Yue, he discovered that Yuanjun already knew about Yan Ming’s feelings for Ji Yue, though Ji Yue herself did not; meanwhile, Bie Xuening checked in with Chi Jiuyu, who reported her studies at the Supreme Dao Sect were going well.

  • Xu Xing showed Ji Yue his developing Sword Qi and said he might be able to restore her injuries, while Ji Yue agreed to entrust the matter to him.
  • Ji Yue and Xu Xing discussed Zhang Yunlu, Chi Jiuyu, and how the younger generation had a more relaxed outlook than cultivators of the past.
  • After leaving Ji Yue’s courtyard, Xu Xing admitted to Yuanjun that Yan Ming’s feelings for Ji Yue troubled him, and Yuanjun said Ji Yue had not considered the matter that way.
  • Bie Xuening won another game, fed the pond fish, and messaged Chi Jiuyu to ask about her studies at the Supreme Dao Sect.
  • Chi Jiuyu sent Bie Xuening photos of herself with Zhao Ruohan and her meal, reported mastering the Earth-Subduing Talisman, and complained that the Sword Sect’s food needed improvement.

Ch. 562Doubts About 'Heaven' Once Transforming Cang Ancestor

Xu Xing told Bie Xuening and Yuanjun that stable worlds’ wills could not directly interfere with their worlds, leaving them to wonder how Heaven had become the Cang Ancestor. A month after the first Ascension Envoys began their missions, Chi Jiuyu discovered she had been selected as a Type III Ascension Envoy, then tried to hide the news from Zhao Ruohan.

  • Bie Xuening teased Yuanjun about her lonely nights by the lake in the past and revealed that Xu Xing had known about them too.
  • Xu Xing explained that a world’s will or heavenly will could only directly interfere when its world’s laws were disrupted, raising questions about how Heaven had descended into the Great Profound Realm and become the Cang Ancestor.
  • Xu Xing described how the Earth Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Will had exploited the collision and fusion of two worlds to influence cultivators and prepare contingencies.
  • More than ten days passed, and the first batch of Ascension Envoys completed their initial missions, with Xiao Yu leading the settlement results.
  • Chi Jiuyu saw that her Taixuan Immortal Network interface listed her as an inactive Type III Ascension Envoy and felt excited about the opportunity.
  • Zhao Ruohan visited Chi Jiuyu, who tried to conceal her selection while feeling guilty and smug.

Ch. 563The Sluggish Talisman-Making Industry, Divine Ability Foundation Establishment?

Chi Jiuyu showed Zhao Ruohan her progress in talisman-sword cultivation, then learned Zhao was a second-batch Ascension Envoy. On Qi Star, Zhou Xian confronted the Deep Sea Whale Emperor, while Zhou Kongming watched to see whether the world’s unusual talents could support a distinct cultivation path.

  • Chi Jiuyu demonstrated that she had reached Talisman Arts Merging Sword, but complained that none of her talismans had sold.
  • Zhao Ruohan told Chi Jiuyu she was a second-batch Ascension Envoy and would begin her mission the next day.
  • On Qi Star, Zhou Xian prepared to fight the Deep Sea Whale Emperor, whose imminent Foundation Establishment was expected to trigger a disastrous tsunami.
  • Zhou Xian refused a request to use Level Three weapons, hoping to devour the whale emperor’s energy and establish a divine ability foundation.
  • Zhou Xian struck the Deep Sea Whale Emperor, who emerged from the sea and targeted Zhou Xian as a source of power.
  • Beyond Qi Star, Zhou Kongming watched the battle and considered whether the planet’s talents could produce its own cultivation system.

Ch. 564The Abandoned Child of the World

Zhou Xian nearly defeated the Deep Sea Whale Emperor, but the world will withdrew its favor from him and restored the whale’s past-life memories. The whale transformed into a powerful humanoid and accused Zhou Xian of serving the World-Destroyer.

  • Zhou Xian’s squad monitored his battle with the Deep Sea Whale Emperor and discussed seeking Level Three weapon authorization if he fell into danger.
  • Zhou Kongming observed the fight and recognized that the world will was about to intervene against Zhou Xian.
  • The world will removed Zhou Xian’s favor and transferred it to the Deep Sea Whale Emperor.
  • Zhou Xian trapped the whale with the Gan Yang Spirit Refining Blade Array and prepared to seize its foundation, but his talent-fusing vortex disappeared.
  • The Deep Sea Whale Emperor broke free, recovered memories of his past life as the Profound Sound Supreme, and transformed into a humanoid.
  • The transformed whale called Zhou Xian a lackey of the World-Destroyer.

Ch. 565Xiao Yunlu Wouldn't Be...

The Deep Sea Whale Emperor tried to change the past but was swiftly defeated by Zhou Kongming, who restored Zhou Xian’s talent-fusing ability and explained that he had helped Zhou Xian because he was human. Back at the Supreme Dao Sect, Chi Jiuyu discovered that Zhang Yunlu had bought her talismans and grew suspicious about Zhang Yunlu’s mission.

  • The Deep Sea Whale Emperor recalled his previous life and declared that he would defeat Zhou Xian and lead the whale race to rule the stars.
  • Zhou Kongming appeared, destroyed the Deep Sea Whale Emperor, and returned Zhou Xian’s talent-fusing vortex.
  • Heng told Zhou Xian that Zhou Kongming had helped him because only humans mattered to his master.
  • Chi Jiuyu learned that someone had bought ten of her Spirit-Gathering Talismans and saw that the buyer was Zhang Yunlu.
  • Zhang Yunlu told Chi Jiuyu that she was going on a mission the next day, and Chi Jiuyu wondered whether Zhang Yunlu was involved in something bigger.

Ch. 566The Sect is Truly Cowardly!

Chi Jiuyu learned that Zhang Yunlu was a second-batch Ascension Envoy and watched the second batch gather at the Ascension Hall. Zhao Ruohan entered the hall, where its inspection mechanism exposed the sect’s use of avatars and left her among several dismayed Envoys.

  • Chi Jiuyu asked Zhang Yunlu about her mission and learned that she would serve as a second-batch Ascension Envoy.
  • Chi Jiuyu offered Zhang Yunlu basic talismans, but Zhang Yunlu said she had already prepared everything she needed.
  • At night, Chi Jiuyu and Hong Qianqian watched a large crowd of mostly avatars line up for the second-batch Ascension missions.
  • Zhao Ruohan watched a Supreme Dao Sect disciple shrink into a wooden figurine after entering the Ascension Hall, then entered herself.
  • The hall’s inspection mechanism exposed Zhao Ruohan’s avatar and those of several other Envoys, who gathered nearby feeling betrayed by the sect.

Ch. 567The Master's Responsibility

The Supreme Dao Sect’s second batch of Ascension Envoys gathered in Ascension Hall, where Cheng Junming restored their disabled avatar puppets and urged them to focus on cultivation before introducing Li Ming, who was about to undergo Dao Integration. At the Sword Sect, Zhang Yunlu set out for her mission after exchanging reassuring messages with Bie Xuening, who remained worried about her disciple.

  • The Supreme Dao Sect’s Ascension Envoys entered Ascension Hall, and several disciples mourned the avatar puppets disabled by its law-ban system.
  • Cheng Junming restored the puppets and told the disciples to pursue diligent cultivation, prompting them to resolve to improve their avatars.
  • Cheng Junming introduced Li Ming, an inner-sect deacon of the Myriad Arts Pavilion who was about to undergo Dao Integration.
  • Zhang Yunlu read Bie Xuening’s messages of concern and advice, reassured her, and headed to Ascension Hall.
  • Bie Xuening voiced concern about Zhang Yunlu’s mission, and Yuanjun reassured her that Zhang Yunlu was capable.

Ch. 568Caught by Dao Brother the Moment I Entered?

The second batch of Ascension Envoys began their missions, and Xiao Fan entered Mission World No. 81 while Confusion secretly followed him. Confusion explored the world and killed several local threats, then stopped before a temple where a familiar figure with a crimson longsword was waiting.

  • Xu Xing explained that Confusion's disciple would join the second batch of Ascension Envoys and that Confusion would likely avoid reckless actions.
  • Lin Changsheng arrived at the Sword Sect's Ascension Hall after reaching mid-stage Spirit Transformation, then bristled at rumors about his romance scam and training at the Joyous Union Sect.
  • Xiao Fan prepared for his mission, received Confusion's advice to act according to his heart, and crossed into Mission World No. 81 with a ninety-day mission limit in the Great Profound Realm.
  • Xiao Fan encountered fox-eared girls by a stream, could not determine whether they were human or demons, and approached them wearing a mask to ask.
  • Confusion secretly entered the world, watched Xiao Fan, killed a man-eating tiger demon, its tiger-servant ghosts, and a mountain god, then encountered a crimson-sword-bearing figure outside a small temple.

Ch. 569I've Decided to Give You an Opportunity

Xu Xing accompanied Confusion through Thousand Sun Prefecture while Xiao Fan questioned a group of fox-eared Thousand Sun Sect disciples and set out to meet their Sect Master. After Confusion captured the Hidden Dragon, Thousand Sun Sect cultivators confronted the pair, and Confusion immobilized everyone aboard their ship as he offered them a “great fortune.”

  • Confusion asked when Xu Xing had discovered him, and Xu Xing explained that he had been watching Confusion’s disciple before offering to show him around.
  • A young man in purple robes found the cracked statue of the mountain god, recorded the damage, and sent the information back to the Thousand Sun Sect.
  • Xiao Fan used Confusion’s Mind Disorder to question Qian Liu'er, then apologized to the fox-eared girls, gave them pills, and asked them to accompany him to the Thousand Sun Sect.
  • Confusion captured the Hidden Dragon in a jar and discussed its history and conduct as Thousand Sun Sect’s guardian deity with Xu Xing.
  • Zheng Yang accused Xu Xing of killing the Thousand Sun Sect’s guardian deity and ordered his men to seize him.
  • Confusion revealed that he had killed the guardian deity, immobilized everyone on the ship except Xu Xing, and promised them a great fortune.

Ch. 570The Gods' Pasture

Confusion captured the Hidden Dragon Lord and forced its power into Zheng Yang as a dangerous cultivation fortune, then suggested that he and Xu Xing visit the Netherlife Dao. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan sheltered Qian Liu'er and the other fox-eared girls while secretly scouting the Thousand Sun Sect and learning how this world’s Divine Path worked.

  • Confusion trapped Zheng Yang’s consciousness, criticized his impure cultivation, and passed him the Yin-Refining Yang-Harmonizing Method alongside the Hidden Dragon Lord’s power.
  • The Hidden Dragon Lord’s essence began rebuilding Zheng Yang’s collapsing body, while Xu Xing doubted he could endure the pain and Confusion said the fortune could carry him toward Nascent Soul or beyond.
  • Confusion proposed that he and Xu Xing attend the Netherlife Dao’s disciple selection in three days, and the two crossed the river into Thousand Sun Prefecture’s city.
  • Xiao Fan offered Qian Liu’er and the other fox-eared girls roasted meat from their sect’s slain Foundation Establishment guardian demon, then told them he would visit their Sect Master the next day.
  • Xiao Fan left an illusion with the fox-eared girls and secretly scouted the Thousand Sun Sect, recalling that cultivators gained divinity from gods and repaid them with Incense and Fire Prayer Power.

Ch. 571The More I Looked, The More It Grated On My Eyes

Xiao Fan infiltrated the Thousand Sun Sect, subdued its Sect Master, and learned that the gods had revived Immortal Dao cultivation to sustain their fading powers. He concluded that meeting the Immortal Restoration Celestial Venerable was essential to his mission, while Confusion and Xu Xing attended a banquet in a Netherlife Dao ghost city where guests boasted about eating its living residents.

  • Xiao Fan used Lost Ford on the Everglow Wheel and made the Everglow Celestial Venerable's apparent body act confused, then suspected it was a clone.
  • Xiao Fan entered the Thousand Sun main hall, used Mind Disorder to incapacitate Thousand Sun, and searched his soul for information.
  • Xiao Fan learned that the Divine Path deities had destroyed Immortal Dao cultivation, then revived it through the restrictive Immortal Selection system; he decided he needed to meet the Immortal Restoration Celestial Venerable.
  • Confusion and Xu Xing attended a banquet in Canlin City, where the city lord celebrated reclaiming his divine position.
  • The demons and ghosts at the banquet praised the taste of Canlin City's living people and described eating them.

Ch. 572You Weren't This Soft-Hearted Back Then

Confusion and Xu Xing exposed the Ghost City's plan to lure demons and ghosts with living humans, then destroyed the city and captured its guests. Confusion sealed them away for a thousand years of punishment before the two set off to attend Netherlife Dao's disciple recruitment.

  • As the demons and ghosts grew restless waiting for their promised living fare, Confusion revealed that it would not arrive, drawing everyone's attention to himself and Xu Xing.
  • A skinning ghost attacked Xu Xing and Confusion, and Xu Xing erased it with a flash of his scarlet sword.
  • When a silver-armored god tried to speak, Confusion made him vanish, then announced that he and Xu Xing would clean up the banquet.
  • Confusion and Xu Xing vanished as a colossal finger struck the Ghost City, destroying it and leaving its inhabitants at their mercy.
  • Confusion trapped the demons, ghosts, and gods in a black sphere and condemned them to a thousand years of repeated life and death, then left with Xu Xing for Netherlife Dao's disciple recruitment.

Ch. 573No Matter How You Look At It, They Don't Seem Like Proper Cultivators

Xu Xing and Confusion reached Netherbirth City as Confusion considered how to use his punishment-based “good fortune,” while the chapter also showed the second batch of Ascension Envoys’ worlds and Du Ruoheng’s reaction to the strange cultivation practices in his disciple’s task world. Yuanjun departed from the Sword Sect, and Xu Xing and Bie Xuening received a video from Chi Jiuyu.

  • Xu Xing and Confusion climbed past the struggling participants in Netherlife Dao’s Grand Immortal Selection and reached Netherbirth City, where Confusion planned to subject its inhabitants to repeated punishment under his protection.
  • The chapter described Zhang Yunlu’s and Lin Changsheng’s assignments in worlds with fading supernatural power and unusually powerful exotic beasts, respectively.
  • Du Ruoheng saw that Zhou Xian’s Yin-Yang Spirit Refining Source-Seizing Technique had led Qi Star People to pursue talent harvesting, and Le Yue teased him about the Joyous Union Sect.
  • Yuanjun left the Sword Sect after telling Xu Xing she would return, while he said he hoped to resolve her calamity soon.
  • Xu Xing and Bie Xuening received a video from Chi Jiuyu, who said she wanted to show her cultivation progress to her master.

Ch. 574Isn't Chi Jiuyu's Personality Terribly Awful?

Chi Jiuyu showed off her Talisman Sword progress to Bie Xuening, then discovered that online interest in Talisman Sword courses had surged ahead of the Immortal Sect Special Recruitment. She left the chapter asking Yang Shuang about the trend while bringing her questions about the Void-Expounding Dao Talisman Book.

  • Bie Xuening told Chi Jiuyu that Xu Xing was beside her, causing Chi Jiuyu to log off in embarrassment.
  • Xu Xing received a message in the Big Boss Group saying that the Artifact Sovereign had found clues from the Dao Slave.
  • Chi Jiuyu browsed Spirit Net videos over breakfast, promoted the Sword Sect livestream, and was surprised by the popularity of Talisman Sword courses.
  • Chi Jiuyu met Yang Shuang, gave her a notebook of cultivation questions, and invited her to eat.
  • Yang Shuang explained that the Immortal Sect Special Recruitment had increased demand for affordable Talisman Sword courses.

Ch. 575The Few Who Obtained the Sword Ancestor's Fortune

Gu Wangjun prepared for the second-round Immortal Sect Special Recruitment selection while Leng Rou advised him to consider the Supreme Dao Sect's Talisman Sword lineage. The chapter also showed Jiang Ying, another first-round winner aided by Xu Xing, preparing for the selection with a Blood Jade embedded in his body.

  • Yang Shuang encouraged Chi Jiuyu to share her cultivation insights on the Spirit Net, and Chi Jiuyu agreed to try using an alternate account.
  • Several days later, Gu Wangjun used the Yin-Eroding Spirit Ascension Method to stabilize his ninth-level Qi Refinement realm ahead of the second-round selection.
  • Leng Rou recommended that Gu Wangjun consider joining the Supreme Dao Sect's Talisman Sword lineage, revealing that she belonged to it rather than the Sword Sect.
  • Gu Wangjun learned that Leng Rou had once qualified for the Immortal Sect Grand Competition but had been eliminated quickly.
  • Jiang Ying watched the second-round selection venue and reflected on the Blood Jade he had surgically embedded beneath his skin and the sword technique he had received from Xu Xing.

Ch. 576Integrity Assessment, Starting With Me

Deng Xuan tried to divine the fortune of the second-round selection, but the result showed an unexpected integrity assessment. Meanwhile, Gu Wangjun bought a course on the Scripture Sword Book after Leng Rou challenged its instructor, and Leng Rou was impressed by the lecture’s insights.

  • Deng Xuan decided to rest for another day before beginning the painful second stage of the Harvesting and Refining Method, then used Fayan's Bewildering Calamity Compendium to divine her second-round selection.
  • Deng Xuan saw the Cloud Book display the words [Integrity Assessment: It Starts with Me] instead of the prediction she expected.
  • Gu Wangjun finished making talismans and watched free courses about the Talisman Sword lineage, but stopped when his trial viewing time ran out.
  • Leng Rou appeared behind Gu Wangjun, criticized a lecturer’s claim that the Scripture Sword Book could be mastered in two days, and asked Gu Wangjun to buy the course.
  • Gu Wangjun bought the course and struggled to follow its lecture, while Leng Rou recognized the instructor’s extraordinary insights and told him to study the Scripture Sword Book.

Ch. 577The Soldiers Transformed from Dao Slaves!

Gu Wangjun and Leng Rou learned that civilian jump channels across the star domain had been sealed, while Xu Xing and Lin Ji confronted the aftermath of a Cang Race attack on the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield. The Dao Weapons had turned the attack back, though Xu Xing suspected the enemies had endured the strike.

  • Gu Wangjun failed to follow a talisman-sword lecture, and Leng Rou told him he would need about a month to get started on the Scripture Sword Book.
  • A notice announced that all planetary-system-level civilian jump channels across the star domain were sealed for thirty standard days, and Leng Rou suspected something had happened on the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield.
  • Lin Ji inspected a river of crystals created by Dao Weapons and thanked Xu Xing for sending them ahead of the attack.
  • Xu Xing swept the crystal river from the battlefield with one gesture, and the shockwave shattered several thousand planets near the Far Side of the Starry Sky.
  • Xu Xing explained that Artifact Sovereign had developed Dao Weapons using Dao Slaves, and that two Cang Race Truth Insight experts had attacked but were severely wounded.

Ch. 578A Probing Strike with Xuan

Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor tested Xuan’s strength across the Far Side of the Starry Sky, ending their exchange without a full battle. Xuan repaired two Cang Race cultivators damaged by a Human Race Dao weapon, while Gu urged him to awaken the slumbering Heaven with the remaining Heavenly Will.

  • Gu Mo arrived at the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield and asked Xu Xing about the Righteous Alliance and Meng Xuan.
  • Charm Ancestor appeared, teased Lin Ji until he fled, and then told Xu Xing she had come to test her ideas.
  • Charm Ancestor attacked Xuan across the Far Side of the Starry Sky, but Xuan broke her thread, and Xu Xing intercepted his counterattack.
  • Xuan reflected that Charm Ancestor still lagged behind him and the Sword Ancestor, then used purple qi to extract Dao weapon crystals from two injured Cang Race Truth Insight cultivators.
  • Gu appeared before Xuan and argued that the Sword Ancestor’s probing and the Human Race’s progress left no time to delay awakening the slumbering Heaven.

Ch. 579The Utmost Private, Utmost Sacred Heaven

Xuan rejected awakening Heaven because its return would end the Cang Race’s chance to become Innate Ancestor Gods, while Gu and the Cang Race Truth Insights chose to preserve that chance and fight on. The chapter then recounted the Ascension Envoys’ progress before Chi Jiuyu discovered that Ye Zhiwei was Little Ye’s younger sister and began wondering whether Little Ye had misled her.

  • Xuan warned Gu that Heaven’s return would target the Cang Race Truth Insights and destroy their chance to prove the Dao.
  • The Cang Race Truth Insights asked Gu to fulfill their wish, and Gu agreed to fight for their remaining chance rather than awaken Heaven immediately.
  • Xuan reflected that he might have achieved Dao Source if the Human Race immortals had not forced him into dormancy.
  • Chen Xuanqing, Xiao Yu, Qi Ling, and the other first-batch Ascension Envoys made progress in their mission worlds, including Xiao Yu’s purification of the world’s will and Qi Ling’s world-repair efforts.
  • Chi Jiuyu argued with negative reviewers of her course, then recognized Ye Zhiwei’s account and learned that Little Ye had kept her phone during special training.
  • Chi Jiuyu wondered whether Little Ye had lied about her younger sister, but decided to chat about something else first.

Ch. 580The Charm Ancestor and Bie Xuening's Exchange?

Chi Jiuyu chatted with Ye Zhiwei about sword cultivation and Zhao Ruoming, while Xu Xing and Bie Xuening discussed Dao Weapons and Charm Ancestor’s visit to the Sword Sect. Charm Ancestor gave Bie Xuening a handmade gift, then offered to explain how she had met Sword Venerable in exchange for something.

  • Chi Jiuyu learned that Ye Zhiwei planned to apply to Sword Sect and was confident in her sword cultivation, while also studying alchemy.
  • Ye Zhiwei recognized Chi Jiuyu as the creator of a Talisman Sword course and explained that Zhao Ruoming had researched the branch after losing to Chi Jiuyu.
  • Ye Zhiwei told Chi Jiuyu that Zhao Ruoming had cried because he broke his principle of not using his innate divine ability, not simply because he lost.
  • Xu Xing explained that Dao Weapons could unleash the same power regardless of their number, and Bie Xuening accepted the explanation before Xu Xing left to arrange the third batch of Ascension Envoys.
  • Charm Ancestor gave Bie Xuening carved maple leaves as a gift, then began to discuss how she and Sword Venerable had met before proposing an exchange.
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