Recaps

Ning Chuan searched for the condition needed to condense his sixth Force Wheel and learned that his battle intent might help, but he still lacked the right approach. Jiang Xiaorou said goodbye before leaving Galaxy University temporarily, and Qin Ya arrived with news that Ye Qingwu was willing to explain the Nine-Wheel Method.

• Ning Chuan recalled that his fifth Force Wheel had formed during his battle with Lin Xiaoyun, when his battle intent and certainty of victory had surged.
• Ning Chuan tried circulating the Nine-Wheel Method with heightened battle intent, but the nine Force Apertures still failed to merge.
• Jiang Xiaorou told Ning Chuan she was going home to speak with her mother and asked if she could return as his secretary; Ning Chuan agreed.
• Qin Ya told Ning Chuan that Ye Qingwu was willing to explain how to cultivate the Nine-Wheel Method.
• Ning Chuan asked Qin Ya to explain how she had persuaded Ye Qingwu, and Qin Ya blushed and threatened to leave.

Ning Chuan learned that condensing a Force Wheel required entering an invincible state through a life-or-death battle, and planned to seek that state during the Chosen Battle in Donglin. Before leaving, he teased Qin Ya and persuaded her to let him mop her balcony.

• Ning Chuan told Qin Ya and Ye Qingwu that his fifth Force Wheel had solidified while fighting Lin Xiaoyun, and Ye Qingwu explained that a life-or-death battle could trigger the necessary will.
• Qin Ya offered to fight Ning Chuan, but Ye Qingwu warned that sparring would not create the needed crisis, so Ning Chuan planned to challenge experts during the Chosen Battle.
• Qin Ya decided not to accompany Ning Chuan, and he reassured her that Lu Zhan would guard him during the event.
• Ning Chuan shattered Ye Qingwu's Force body when she tried to expose his excuse, then persuaded Qin Ya to let him help with the housework.
• Ning Chuan took out a mop and asked to clean Qin Ya's balcony, leaving her embarrassed and angry.

Ning Chuan received the Earth Flood Dragon Armor and learned that the Divine Martial Stele would open after Spring Festival, when Qin Lang planned to accompany him. After Qin Lang entered seclusion, Ning Chuan finished arranging Supreme Hall affairs and persuaded Qin Ya to stay with him, taking her to the garage to practice driving.

• Qin Lang told Ning Chuan he planned to enter seclusion to advance to Heavenly King and handed him the Earth Flood Dragon Armor.
• Ning Chuan activated the armor and discovered it increased his strength by at least 3,000 tons.
• Qin Lang explained that the Divine Martial Stele contained powerful martial arts and agreed to take Ning Chuan there after Spring Festival.
• Qin Lang entered seclusion, and Ning Chuan held a meeting with Supreme Hall's senior members before returning to his apartment.
• Ning Chuan persuaded Qin Ya to stay the night and led her to a hovercar, saying he wanted to practice driving.

Ning Chuan returned to Donglin and tested his strength against Lu Zhan, whose defense stopped his Divine Weapon but showed that the gap between them had narrowed. He prepared to represent Donglin in the Chosen Battle, which began the next day, as officials arranged his guardian and livestream team.

• Ning Chuan returned to the Lu Family estate with Gu Tianyu and gave Lu Zhan a single-use Martial Seal, Spirit-Nourishing Liquid, and Spirit-Transforming Fruit.
• Ning Chuan sparred with Lu Zhan, attacking once with Heavenly Punishment; Lu Zhan caught the spear but suffered a wound in his palm.
• Ning Chuan reviewed the Chosen Battle rules, learning that it began on January 10 and that contestants challenged geniuses in other administrative regions.
• Wang Fu told Ning Chuan that Lu Zhan's guardian position had been arranged and that a filming team and commentators were ready for his matches.
• Gu Tianyu said that geniuses from other regions wanted to conquer Donglin, and wondered how they would react when they learned Ning Chuan would compete for it.

Ning Chuan’s entry in Donglin’s Chosen Battle roster silenced talk of conquering the region, and he prepared to challenge Divine Generals across the Federation. He chose the Eastern Wasteland as his first target and studied its strongest fighter.

• Geniuses across the Federation boasted about conquering Donglin, until the Donglin Government revealed Ning Chuan was on its roster.
• Ning Chuan congratulated Yan Zhuang on becoming director-general of the Donglin Education Department and welcomed the filming crew and commentators aboard the Heavenly River.
• Ning Chuan initially chose West Forest as his first target so he could return Yu Wei’s sword, but changed his choice after learning it did not border Donglin and was relatively weak.
• Ning Chuan read the Eastern Wasteland’s Divine General files and focused on its peak Third Heaven Combat Divine General, who wielded the sixth-grade Berserk Battle Law and had mastered several bodily Mystic Truths.

Ning Chuan arrived in the Eastern Wasteland for the Chosen Battle and defeated its challenge without fighting, using a Divine Weapon’s pressure to keep every contestant away. After receiving the champion’s certificate, he asked Sun Yue about the Combat Divine General so he could seek his guidance.

• Sun Yue welcomed Ning Chuan to Sacred Fire City and introduced the Eastern Wasteland’s Chosen Battle contestants.
• Ning Chuan set a challenge: if anyone reached within one zhang of his manifested Divine Weapon before sunset, the Eastern Wasteland would win.
• Ji Hao tried first but was forced back by the weapon’s pressure, and the contestants then approached together before retreating under the strain.
• Viewers debated whether Ning Chuan’s participation was unfair, while Sun Yue presented him with the champion’s certificate.
• Ning Chuan asked Sun Yue whether the Combat Divine General was in the capital and said he wanted to ask him for pointers.

Ning Chuan challenged the Combat Divine General, the Eastern Wasteland’s strongest man, and the two agreed to fight. They faced off on the grass outside his library as the crowd waited for the battle to begin.

• Ning Chuan declared that he wanted the Combat Divine General to give him guidance, prompting the crowd to recognize it as a challenge.
• Sun Yue agreed to introduce Ning Chuan to the Combat Divine General but warned that accepting the fight was up to him.
• Ning Chuan and Sun Yue entered the Combat Divine General’s library, where Ning Chuan noticed its ancient books and texts on bodily mystic truths.
• The Combat Divine General mistook Ning Chuan for Qin Lang, then learned that Ning Chuan was the current World Walker and agreed to fight him.
• Ning Chuan and the Combat Divine General walked outside and took positions a hundred meters apart as the crowd watched.

Ning Chuan fought the Combat Divine General and discovered that the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth helped him combine his physical strength with his martial arts more effectively, giving him an overwhelming advantage. The Combat Divine General eventually surrendered after comprehending the Sea Force Law during their battle, then thanked Ning Chuan and offered to share insights about body Mystic Truths.

• Ning Chuan defeated the Combat Divine General in a contest of physical strength, then fought him at full strength with his halberd and martial arts.
• Ning Chuan used the Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth to improve the coordination of his strength and Force, increasing his advantage as the battle continued.
• Ning Chuan broke the Combat Divine General's right arm and overwhelmed him, while the Combat Divine General tried to understand Ning Chuan's Mystic Truth fluctuations.
• The Combat Divine General surrendered after Ning Chuan knocked him into a crater, then revealed that his Sea Force Mystic Truth had advanced into a Law.
• The Combat Divine General thanked Ning Chuan for helping him comprehend the Law and agreed to discuss body Mystic Truths with him.

After the Combat Divine General discussed Ning Chuan’s Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth and the rumored body-cultivation legacy of the Divine Martial Stele, Ning Chuan continued his Chosen Battle campaign. He defeated the strongest experts of two more administrative regions in one punch each, making clear he intended to walk the Path of Invincibility.

• The Combat Divine General praised Ning Chuan’s Dragon Elephant Mystic Truth and said it could reach at least a hundred thousand tons of punching force at the peak of the Fifth Heaven.
• Ning Chuan explained that his Eight Heavenly Gates amplified his physical strength by more than double because he had comprehended and fused its related Mystic Truths.
• The Combat Divine General recognized Ning Chuan’s Earth Flood Dragon Armor and gave him a book of collected information about the Divine Martial Stele and its possible body-cultivation lineage.
• Ning Chuan left the Eastern Wasteland aboard the Heavenly River and traveled to the Cloud Light Administrative Region, where he defeated its strongest expert with one punch and claimed the champion’s token.
• Ning Chuan reached the Wind Summer Administrative Region before midnight and defeated its strongest Divine General with one punch.
• Ning Chuan’s victories across three administrative regions in one day shook the Federation and signaled that he intended to walk the Path of Invincibility.

Ning Chuan discussed the risks and benefits of walking the Path of Invincibility with Ye Qingwu and Qin Ya, then set out to return a sword at the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace. On arrival, he saw mourning cloth covering the palace buildings and wondered who had died.

• People across the Federation debated Ning Chuan's decision to walk the Path of Invincibility and the dangers of defeat.
• Ye Qingwu warned Ning Chuan that challenging powerful fighters could help him form a Force Wheel, but losing could ruin his progress; Qin Ya urged him to put his safety first.
• Ning Chuan decided to seek stronger opponents after returning the sword, since the Divine Generals he had challenged so far had barely tested him.
• Ning Chuan directed the Heavenly River to the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace in Flower City rather than the Xisen Administrative Region's capital.
• Ning Chuan flew down toward the palace and saw white mourning cloth covering its buildings, prompting him to wonder who had died.

Ning Chuan visited the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace to return Yu Wei’s Icy Cold Sword and learned that Old Man Sirius had killed its patriarch and was persecuting the sect. After offering to help, he heard how Sirius’s crimes and Lin Fengyang’s rise to Heavenly King had led to the conflict.

• Ning Chuan arrived at the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and was surrounded by disciples who mistook him for an agent of Old Man Sirius.
• The disciples recognized Ning Chuan as the World Walker when he showed them Yu Wei’s Icy Cold Sword, and Senior Sister Chu led him to the summit.
• Ning Chuan met Yu Wei and Shen Yourong beside the patriarch’s coffin and offered to help the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace in return for Yu Wei’s past kindness.
• Shen Yourong denounced Old Man Sirius for abducting and torturing the palace’s disciples, and Yu Wei explained that the patriarch had gathered evidence against him.
• Yu Wei told Ning Chuan that Sirius’s disciple Lin Fengyang became a Heavenly King and protected Sirius, deepening the feud with the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace.

Ning Chuan learned that Old Man Sirius had killed Vine Spirit Divine General and was demanding the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s ancestral land, Yu Wei, and Shen Yourong as compensation. He agreed to help oppose the demands, and when Old Man Sirius threatened to destroy the palace, Ning Chuan challenged him to explain how he would join forces with the military.

• Shen Yourong and Yu Wei told Ning Chuan that the military had lured Vine Spirit Divine General to its headquarters, where Old Man Sirius killed her and claimed she had attacked first.
• Yu Wei explained that Old Man Sirius wanted the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s ancestral land and demanded that she and Shen Yourong accompany him; Ning Chuan agreed to help fend him off.
• Old Man Sirius arrived with Cao Busheng and his son, then openly propositioned Shen Yourong and Yu Wei while Cao Busheng offered to record Shen Yourong drawing her sword as evidence against the palace.
• Yu Wei refused Old Man Sirius’s demands, and he threatened to work with the military to brand the whole palace as conspirators and destroy it.
• Ning Chuan asked Old Man Sirius how he planned to join forces with the military.

Ning Chuan challenged Old Man Sirius over his accusation that the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s ancestor had attacked Heavenly Wolf, exposing gaps in the claims and asserting his military authority. When Old Man Sirius refused to back down and invoked his status as Lin Fengyang’s master, Ning Chuan attacked him.

• Ning Chuan confronted Old Man Sirius and forced him to explain that he had contacted the military to investigate the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace.
• Cao Busheng claimed he witnessed Heavenly Wolf’s fight with the Palace’s ancestor, but admitted he had not seen the alleged sneak attack.
• Old Man Sirius claimed unnamed military personnel had witnessed the attack and refused to identify them, while Ning Chuan revealed that he was a military general appointed by Bai Qi.
• Old Man Sirius dismissed Ning Chuan’s authority and threatened him by invoking his disciple Lin Fengyang, while Yu Wei accused him of slander.
• Ning Chuan warned Old Man Sirius that Lin Xiaoyun had made a similar mistake, then manifested eight ancient gates and struck.

Ning Chuan clashed with Old Man Sirius, whose fused Mystic Truth withstood Ning Chuan’s attack, until Lu Zhan intervened and destroyed the silver heavenly wolf. Old Man Sirius withdrew after promising to bring a Military Department witness, while Yu Wei feared Lin Fengyang was behind the threat; Ning Chuan reassured her that the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace would be protected.

• Ning Chuan attacked Old Man Sirius with a blazing sun, but Old Man Sirius’s silver heavenly wolf swallowed and survived the explosion.
• Old Man Sirius taunted Ning Chuan and claimed he had fought back in self-defense as Ning Chuan summoned more than a thousand golden stars.
• Lu Zhan arrived and shattered the silver heavenly wolf, then asked Ning Chuan whether he should take down Old Man Sirius.
• Ning Chuan let Old Man Sirius leave after he agreed to cooperate and bring a Military Department witness the next day.
• Old Man Sirius threatened Yu Wei that the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s inheritance would be destroyed, leading her to suspect Lin Fengyang was behind him.
• Ning Chuan reassured Yu Wei that Lin Fengyang would have to follow the rules and vowed to continue dealing with the plot against the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace.

Ning Chuan learned that the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s sacred mountain owed its unusual properties to a secret herb field and went with Yu Wei and Shen Yourong to inspect it. When Yu Wei stirred the deadly mist surrounding the field, Ning Chuan discovered that its aura of slaughter made his Force Apertures active.

• Yu Wei explained that the sacred mountain’s soil, water, and climate accelerated herb growth, and that its sacred herb field was the source of those effects.
• Ning Chuan asked Lu Zhan to tell the Heavenly River to find a place to land while he settled the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s affairs.
• Yu Wei led Ning Chuan and Shen Yourong through a hidden passage into the sacred herb field, where nine sacred herbs grew beneath a radiant barrier.
• Yu Wei said no one in the Palace’s history had survived long enough to cross the surrounding mist, whose slaughtering aura harmed body and soul.
• Yu Wei stirred the mist to demonstrate its power, and Ning Chuan felt the aura activate his Force Apertures.

Ning Chuan entered the dense fog to use its slaughterous aura to condense his Force Wheels, while Yu Wei and Shen Yourong healed him as the aura tore through his body. He successfully condensed his sixth Force Wheel and began forming another, but a glimpse of still black fog triggered a warning from his body before the chapter left Yu Wei burning her physique’s origin to keep him alive.

• Yu Wei warned Ning Chuan that the slaughterous aura grew stronger deeper in the fog, but he entered because it stimulated his Force Apertures.
• Ning Chuan resisted the surging aura and condensed his sixth Force Wheel as Yu Wei and Shen Yourong healed his injuries.
• Ning Chuan glimpsed still black fog that made his body warn him to flee, then focused again on condensing another Force Wheel.
• Shen Yourong exhausted her healing energy, and Yu Wei burned her physique’s origin to continue treating Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan formed his seventh Force Wheel, then rescued Yu Wei after she exhausted her constitution’s origin. He restored her health and lifespan, and Yu Wei later considered joining the Supreme Hall as she sensed greater upheaval approaching in the Federation.

• Ning Chuan formed his seventh Force Wheel and decided to postpone investigating the dangerous black fog until he became stronger.
• Ning Chuan caught Yu Wei as she collapsed, and Shen Yourong explained that Yu Wei had exhausted the origin of her constitution.
• Ning Chuan used the Blood-Drop Life Creation Technique to restore Yu Wei’s constitution and lifespan, eventually healing her completely.
• Yu Wei offered Ning Chuan access to the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace’s secret weapon martial arts, including its Firmament-grade and Stars-grade arts.
• Yu Wei told Shen Yourong she was considering joining the Supreme Hall because she feared new threats and sensed a major crisis approaching in the Federation.

Ning Chuan rejected Lin Longxing’s fabricated evidence against the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and confronted Old Man Sirius after he threatened Ning Chuan’s acquaintances. Ning Chuan’s great sun overcame Old Man Sirius’s Heavenly Wolf, leaving the confrontation unresolved as the beast burned to ashes.

• Lin Longxing arrived at the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace with Old Man Sirius and accused its patriarch of ambushing him, but Ning Chuan rejected his testimony as fabricated.
• Lin Longxing and Old Man Sirius secretly planned for Old Man Sirius to provoke Ning Chuan while Lin Longxing dealt with the palace.
• Old Man Sirius threatened Ning Chuan’s friends and acquaintances, so Ning Chuan declared that threatening a World Walker was a capital offense and attacked him.
• Old Man Sirius summoned his silver Heavenly Wolf to swallow Ning Chuan’s great sun, but the sun exploded inside it and burned the beast to ashes.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Old Man Sirius in their fight, crippling his right arm and then driving him beyond Flower City with a sword strike. With seven Force Wheels turning, Ning Chuan pursued him as allies and spectators followed, and the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Ning Chuan’s golden flames broke through Old Man Sirius’s silver defense, surprising the crowd and prompting the filming crew to begin recording.
• Ning Chuan charged Old Man Sirius at close range, shattered his defense with the Dragon-Slaying Killing Art, and crippled his right arm.
• Ning Chuan used the Falling Star Sword Art to restrict Old Man Sirius, then broke through his Howling Moon Roar and sent him flying beyond Flower City.
• Ning Chuan pursued Old Man Sirius with seven Force Wheels turning, while Lu Zhan, Lin Longxing, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace Knights followed.
• Yan Zhuang and Li Haoyun discussed the fight as Wang Ershui asked where Ning Chuan would rank on the Federation Knight Rankings.

After Ning Chuan dominated Old Man Sirius in their battle, he refused to accept the Sirius Knight’s surrender and continued trying to kill him. Lin Longxing intervened, but Ning Chuan pressed on as Old Man Sirius’s life-saving forbidden technique wore off.

• Li Haoyun, Yan Zhuang, and Wang Ershui discussed Ning Chuan’s place atop the Federation Knight Rankings and proposed the title “Night King.”
• Ning Chuan battered Old Man Sirius out of the sky and rejected his offer to end the fight, insisting on learning the truth about the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and avenging the World Walker.
• Old Man Sirius used a life-consuming forbidden technique to flee, but Ning Chuan sent more than a thousand Divine Weapons after him and detonated their power.
• Ning Chuan caught Old Man Sirius and kept attacking until his forbidden technique ended, leaving him badly wounded.
• Lin Longxing arrived on a black-scaled eagle, conceded defeat on Old Man Sirius’s behalf, and warned Ning Chuan not to force him to act.

Ning Chuan killed Old Man Sirius and used his Soul-Searching Art to expose the old man's assassination of the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace patriarch. Lin Longxing backed down and left, while Ning Chuan stayed at the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace to inherit weapon martial arts.

• Lin Longxing tried to intimidate Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan told Lu Zhan to stand aside and continued attacking Old Man Sirius.
• Old Man Sirius launched a final counterattack and began burning his soul, but Ning Chuan killed him before he could destroy more of his memories.
• Lin Longxing accused Ning Chuan of silencing Old Man Sirius and ordered the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace members to assist in an investigation.
• Ning Chuan used his Soul-Searching Art to reveal Old Man Sirius's memory of assassinating the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace patriarch, then challenged Lin Longxing over his conduct.
• Lin Longxing questioned Ning Chuan's evidence, but left after Ning Chuan offered to have Heavenly King Bai Qi verify the memories.
• Ning Chuan and the others returned to the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace, while he stayed behind to inherit weapon martial arts.

Ning Chuan agreed to bring the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace into the Supreme Hall as an autonomous department, but Lin Longxing learned of the plan and decided to destroy the palace before its admission became official. Cao Yun, realizing his father would take part in the attack, resolved to act to save Shen Yourong.

• Lin Longxing and the Black-Scaled Eagle planned to wait for Ning Chuan to leave West Forest before targeting the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace.
• Yu Wei asked Ning Chuan to let the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace join the Supreme Hall while keeping its name, and Ning Chuan agreed to make it an affiliated department with limited autonomy.
• Yu Wei informed the palace's senior members that joining the Supreme Hall was settled, while a deputy palace master secretly messaged Lin Longxing about the decision.
• Lin Longxing decided to attack the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace that night with the Black-Scaled Eagle and Cao Busheng, using a written order from Fengyang as cover.
• Cao Busheng promised his son Cao Yun that he would try to spare Shen Yourong, but Cao Yun realized the promise was unlikely to help and then resolved to act.

Ning Chuan learned that Lin Longxing and the Black-Scaled Eagle planned to destroy the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace, then rushed back with Lu Zhan to stop them. The chapter ended as Lin Longxing accused the palace of betraying the Federation and ordered its people slaughtered.

• Ning Chuan chose Xiyou as his next destination after learning about its powerful Dragon Martial Divine General.
• Cao Yun contacted Ning Chuan and warned him that Lin Longxing and the Black-Scaled Eagle planned to attack the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace after dark.
• Ning Chuan agreed to protect Cao Yun's father, then tried to contact Yu Wei but found the palace's communications had been cut off.
• Lu Zhan carried Ning Chuan toward the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace at more than eight times the speed of sound.
• Lin Longxing, Cao Busheng, and the Black-Scaled Eagle arrived at the palace, killed several people, and used the eagle's pressure to subdue the disciples.
• Yu Wei confronted Lin Longxing, who claimed the palace had colluded with the Heavenly Martial Realm and declared that everyone there would be slaughtered.

Lin Longxing attacked the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace, but Ning Chuan arrived in time to save Yu Wei and confront him. Lin Longxing claimed he was acting on Lin Fengyang’s orders, and the two began fighting amid the damage to the sacred mountain.

• Yu Wei warned Lin Longxing that the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace had joined the Supreme Hall, but he dismissed her and prepared to destroy it.
• Lu Zhan and the Black-Scaled Eagle clashed, giving Ning Chuan a chance to break away and block Lin Longxing’s lightning spear before it struck Yu Wei.
• Ning Chuan reassured Yu Wei, then accused Lin Longxing of hiding his real orders and threatened to search his soul.
• Ning Chuan attacked with over a thousand Divine Weapons, but Lin Longxing’s Thunderstorm Law formed a thunder dragon that repelled or destroyed them and devastated the mountain.
• Lin Longxing sent the thunder dragon at Ning Chuan, intending to severely wound him because he could not kill or cripple the World Walker.

Ning Chuan fought Lin Longxing while Lu Zhan used Airspace Lockdown to restrain both Lin Longxing and the Black-Scaled Eagle. With the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace out of immediate danger, they drove the battle beyond Flower City, where Ning Chuan could fight more freely.

• Ning Chuan destroyed Lin Longxing’s Celestial Phenomenon Thunder Dragon, then told Yu Wei to evacuate the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace.
• Lin Longxing attacked Ning Chuan and threatened to prevent everyone from the Ten Thousand Flowers Palace from escaping.
• Lu Zhan injured the Black-Scaled Eagle and used Airspace Lockdown to slow Lin Longxing and his thunder dragon.
• Ning Chuan and Lu Zhan coordinated their attacks, repeatedly sending Lin Longxing and the Black-Scaled Eagle flying.
• Ning Chuan taunted Lin Longxing’s complaint about fighting two against one, then forced him out of Flower City with Lu Zhan’s help.