Recaps

Ning Chuan fought Fan Yu on equal terms as his Force Wheel solidified, then fully formed and sent his Force soaring. He used a powerful saber strike to hurl Fan Yu toward the Divine Martial Stele, where a surging aura swept him up as a powerful weapon-like treasure emerged.

• Ning Chuan used the Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons to disrupt Fan Yu's tactics and force him into close combat.
• Ning Chuan and Fan Yu fought fiercely until Ning Chuan's solidifying Force Wheel brought their strength nearly even.
• Ning Chuan's Force Wheel fully formed, causing his Force to surge far beyond its previous intensity.
• Ning Chuan sensed a powerful weapon-like treasure about to emerge beside the Divine Martial Stele and struck Fan Yu toward it.
• The Divine Martial Stele's aura surged like a dark wave and swept Fan Yu up while Ning Chuan's Force continued to grow.

After forming his final Force Wheel, Ning Chuan doubled his Force and killed Fan Yu with an enhanced Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons. He claimed the Azure Heaven Thunder Dragon Wings and learned they could boost his speed by up to twenty times the speed of sound.

• Ning Chuan discovered that his final Force Wheel had doubled his Force, bringing his speed up to Fan Yu's and greatly increasing his power.
• Ning Chuan trapped Fan Yu in the Divine Martial Stele's aura and attacked him with the strengthened Divine Treasury of Ten Thousand Weapons.
• Ning Chuan found Fan Yu's body scorched and nearly unrecognizable, then took Fan Yu's spatial ring.
• Ning Chuan grabbed the purple wings, endured the energy that injured his hands, and bonded with the treasure through his blood.
• Ning Chuan learned the treasure was the Azure Heaven Thunder Dragon Wings, which could increase his speed by up to twenty times the speed of sound.
• A Divine General from the Heavenly Martial Realm realized Fan Yu had been killed and shouted the news.

Ning Chuan killed Fan Yu after using the Divine Martial Stele’s aura to trap him, then discovered his new wings had greatly improved his speed. As Luan Teng plotted to strike before Ning Chuan grew stronger, Ning Chuan seized Xi Fengrou with a golden handprint after she publicly accused him.

• The crowd and Heavenly Kings reacted to Fan Yu’s death and debated how the Divine Martial Stele’s aura and Ning Chuan’s offense had decided the battle.
• Ning Chuan tested the Azure Heaven Thunder Dragon Wings and concluded they brought his speed to the level of the strongest Spring Realm Heavenly Kings.
• Luan Teng feared Ning Chuan would soon surpass him and resolved to find an opportunity to strike, potentially amid the coming war between the Federation and the alien races.
• Xi Fengrou accused Ning Chuan of stealing her Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and killing Fan Yu, declaring that the Holy Heaven Alliance would retaliate.
• Ning Chuan formed a giant golden handprint and seized Xi Fengrou after her Divine General-level beasts self-destructed against it without stopping him.

Ning Chuan was about to search Xi Fengrou’s memories when Liu Cangdong attacked him with the Heaven-Overturning Seal. Ning Chuan held Xi Fengrou hostage to halt the attack, and Liu Cangdong ordered him to release her.

• Ning Chuan restrained Xi Fengrou and revealed that he could retrieve her memories, prompting her to panic and begin admitting her involvement.
• As Ning Chuan used the Soul-Searching Art, a powerful seal descended and pinned him beneath an overwhelming force.
• Ning Chuan recognized the attacker as likely Liu Cangdong and threatened Xi Fengrou with his Blood Soul Needles while preparing to destroy his spatial ring.
• The Heaven-Overturning Seal stopped, and Liu Cangdong appeared before Ning Chuan as the crowd identified the legendary martial art.
• Liu Wan confronted Liu Cangdong over attacking a Martial Star genius, but Liu Cangdong ignored her and demanded that Ning Chuan release Xi Fengrou or die.

Ning Chuan confronted Liu Cangdong, who demanded that he release Xi Fengrou and submit to judgment over Fan Yu's death and the stolen Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit. Ning Chuan resisted and offered to prove the truth by searching Xi Fengrou's memories, but Liu Cangdong refused and threatened to free her by force.

• Liu Cangdong pressured Ning Chuan to hand over Xi Fengrou, while Ning Chuan used the Blood Soul Needle to force him to ease his pressure.
• Xi Fengrou accused Ning Chuan of stealing her Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and killing Fan Yu, and Liu Cangdong demanded Fan Yu's spatial ring and Ning Chuan's submission to judgment.
• Liu Cangdong questioned Xi Fengrou privately, and she admitted taking the Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit but claimed she had acted to become stronger for him.
• Luan Teng falsely testified that Ning Chuan had taken the fruit, and Ning Chuan rejected his testimony and offered to search Xi Fengrou's memories.
• Liu Cangdong refused to allow the memory search and demanded that Ning Chuan release Xi Fengrou, threatening to free her himself.

Ning Chuan held Xi Fengrou hostage to keep Liu Cangdong from killing him until Wei Chen and Bai Qi arrived and drove Liu Cangdong back. After the fighting paused to avoid a wider war, Liu Cangdong demanded Xi Fengrou and Fan Yu’s ring, and Ning Chuan refused.

• Ning Chuan seized Xi Fengrou and told Liu Wan to leave while he used her as leverage against Liu Cangdong.
• Wei Chen arrived and broke the Heaven-Overturning Seal’s suppression, then Bai Qi attacked Liu Cangdong and drove him into the North Sea.
• Qin Lang joined Ning Chuan and explained that negotiations with the foreign races had not begun and were planned for the Divine Martial Stele’s waiting period.
• Bai Qi and Wei Chen fought Liu Cangdong together, injuring him and nearly breaking his Heaven-Overturning Seal.
• Liu Cangdong threatened to start a war and let the foreign races claim the Divine Martial Stele’s inheritance, so Bai Qi and Wei Chen stopped attacking.
• Liu Cangdong demanded Xi Fengrou and Fan Yu’s ring from Ning Chuan, who mocked him instead of complying.

Ning Chuan challenged Liu Cangdong over Xi Fengrou’s slander and threatened to retrace her memories, while Bai Qi and Wei Chen protected him. Xi Fengrou confessed and swore an oath, but Ning Chuan then accused Luan Teng of a capital crime for helping spread the slander.

• Liu Cangdong attacked Ning Chuan with his aura, but Wei Chen blocked it and Bai Qi threatened to fight him.
• Ning Chuan said Xi Fengrou had committed a capital crime by slandering him and proposed retracing her memories to prove the truth.
• Liu Cangdong objected that memory retracing could be fabricated and that Xi Fengrou’s secrets could not be revealed.
• Xi Fengrou confessed that she had falsely accused Ning Chuan of stealing her Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and swore a Martial Dao Oath.
• Xi Fengrou accused Luan Teng of lying, and Ning Chuan said helping spread the slander was also a capital crime.

Ning Chuan held Xi Fengrou hostage after she apologized for slandering him, while Liu Cangdong demanded her release. Ning Chuan rejected his threats and demanded a chance to inherit the Heaven-Overturning Seal in exchange for Xi Fengrou’s life.

• Luan Teng claimed the Law Bomb’s power had distorted his Domain and caused him to misjudge Ning Chuan.
• Xi Fengrou apologized, but Ning Chuan refused Liu Cangdong’s demand to release her and argued that Fan Yu’s death had been self-defense.
• Bai Qi and Wei Chen blocked Liu Cangdong’s aura and stopped him from using force against Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan discussed ransom options with Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Qin Lang, then chose to demand an inheritance opportunity for the Heaven-Overturning Seal.
• Liu Cangdong rejected the demand, and Ning Chuan kept Xi Fengrou in his grasp, leaving her fate dependent on the ransom.

Ning Chuan demanded two Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits from Liu Cangdong in exchange for sparing Xi Fengrou, after refusing to abandon his attempt to obtain the Heaven-Overturning Seal. Liu Cangdong agreed and sent a Heavenly Martial Realm king to retrieve the fruits.

• Liu Cangdong refused to trade the Heaven-Overturning Seal for the Federation’s Nuclear Weapon Rebellion-Quelling Art and threatened to assassinate Ning Chuan if Xi Fengrou died.
• Ning Chuan demanded a Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and gave Liu Cangdong three days to provide it, or he would kill Xi Fengrou.
• Ning Chuan learned through Xi Fengrou’s thoughts that Xiao Chen and Zhang Tianzhi each possessed a Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit.
• Ning Chuan raised his demand to two fruits and gave Xi Fengrou an alarm clock to track the deadline.
• Liu Cangdong agreed to provide two Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits and sent a Spring Realm Heavenly King toward the Heavenly Martial Realm.

Ning Chuan learned that the Federation planned to use the Annihilation Heavenly Thunder to pressure the aliens and prevent rival forces from gaining the Divine Martial Stele’s inheritance. He and Qin Lang discussed ancient inheritances and planned to enter the stele with Lu, just as the Holy Heaven Alliance’s Great River Realm Heavenly Kings arrived.

• Ning Chuan asked Qin Lang about the Federation’s plans, and Qin Lang explained that it aimed to secure eighteen special passages by threatening the aliens with the Annihilation Heavenly Thunder.
• Ning Chuan warned that the aliens might cooperate with the Heavenly Martial Realm under the Law Spirit’s influence, and Qin Lang promised to alert the Federation’s leaders.
• Qin Lang revealed that the Federation’s main goal was to stop other forces from obtaining the Divine Martial Stele’s inheritance, and he cited the Heaven-Overturning Seal as an ancient inheritance that had given the Heavenly Martial Realm an advantage.
• Ning Chuan told Qin Lang about the Supreme Divine Hall and its connection to the secret realm in Heavenly Cloud Mountain, and Qin Lang urged him to keep the information secret.
• Ning Chuan, Qin Lang, and Lu agreed to enter the Divine Martial Stele through special passages to search for martial arts and Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits.
• The Spring Realm Heavenly King returned with several powerful figures, and the Holy Heaven Alliance’s Great River Realm Heavenly Kings arrived.

Ning Chuan secured two Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits from Liu Cangdong and humiliated him before the Divine Martial Stele began opening. As the passages activated, Ning Chuan discovered he could control the special passages with his will.

• Xiao Chen and Zhang Tianzhi gave Liu Cangdong two Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits, which Ning Chuan accepted before releasing Xi Fengrou.
• Ning Chuan refused to return Fan Yu's spatial ring and swallowed one of the Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits to prove Liu Cangdong's poison warning was false.
• Ning Chuan mocked Liu Cangdong for borrowing the fruits, drawing laughter from the Federation's Heavenly Kings.
• The Divine Martial Stele began opening its forty-nine special passages and ordinary passage, prompting treasure seekers to plan their entry.
• Ning Chuan sensed his connection to the special passages and found that his will could move them across the Divine Martial Stele's faces.

Ning Chuan discovered he could move special passages on up to three faces of the Divine Martial Stele, giving him a major advantage when it opened. As negotiations between the Federation and the aliens turned hostile, he challenged Luan Teng, but Si Nanbo stopped the fight to preserve the aliens’ plans for an alliance.

• Ning Chuan examined his ability to move special passages and realized he could control up to twenty-one passages across three faces of the Divine Martial Stele.
• Liu Cangdong taunted the Federation’s Heavenly Kings, while Bai Qi called for a second round of negotiations with the aliens.
• Li Huo revealed that the aliens knew about the Federation’s Annihilation Heavenly Thunder plan and demanded half of Martial Star’s places, ten Divine Wave Meditation Method inheritances, and a Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit.
• Qin Lang challenged Luan Teng, and Ning Chuan then offered to fight him to the death; Luan Teng eagerly accepted.
• Si Nanbo stopped Luan Teng, explaining that killing Ning Chuan would derail the alliance they needed, and Luan Teng backed down while threatening Ning Chuan for another time.

Si Nanbo revealed himself as a powerful Law Spirit from Martial Star’s mythical era and declared that the Alien Council would not compromise over the special channels. After the negotiations ended without agreement, Ning Chuan confronted Liu Cangdong, who mocked the Federation’s position and its lack of channels.

• Ning Chuan challenged Luan Teng, but Si Nanbo stopped Luan Teng and revealed a Third-Grade Law and a Heart of Law.
• Si Nanbo identified himself as a being from Martial Star’s mythical era and told the gathered experts to call him a god; Xiao Chen asked about his Law Spirit nature.
• Si Nanbo rejected any concessions and announced that both sides would compete for the special channels in three days before departing with the alien Heavenly Kings.
• Liu Cangdong mocked the Federation and suggested it trade Divine Wave Meditation Method inheritances for channels, while Xu Yuan blamed Ning Chuan for worsening the situation.
• Ning Chuan told Liu Cangdong that the Holy Heaven Alliance could inherit the method if Liu Cangdong died, and Xiao Chen warned that Ning Chuan would face the consequences in three days.

The Federation Heavenly Kings debated how the Alien Council learned about the Annihilation Heavenly Thunder plan and how to secure enough special passageways without exhausting the Federation’s defenses. Ning Chuan concealed his suspicions about the undercover Heavenly King, then revealed that he could control the movement of the special passageways.

• Liu Wan questioned how the Alien Council had learned about the Annihilation Heavenly Thunder plan, and the Heavenly Kings suspected a leak from among those in the North Sea Domain.
• Ning Chuan, Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Qin Lang privately concluded that an undercover Heavenly King from the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom had informed the Alien Council.
• Wei Chen claimed responsibility for the leak, saying the Alien Council might have intercepted a message he sent to Qin Lang, calming the Heavenly Kings’ suspicions of one another.
• Liu Wan proposed using another race-defending weapon, but Dong Kaiming and Wei Chen argued that the Federation needed to preserve its weapons for future threats.
• Xu Yuan ordered Ning Chuan to make cooperation with the King-level ferocious beasts a condition of trading them a spiritual power cultivation method.
• Ning Chuan privately warned Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Qin Lang to hide their reactions, then announced that he could control the movement of the special passageways.

Ning Chuan revealed that he could control special passages in the Divine Martial Stele, giving the Federation a major advantage against the Holy Heaven Alliance. After Xu Yuan accused him of putting personal interests first, Ning Chuan agreed to trade with the King-tier dire beasts, leaving the others unaware that the deal also served his plans for the Divine Martial Stele.

• Ning Chuan told Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Qin Lang about the stele faces, special passages, and his ability to control them, lifting their spirits about the Federation’s prospects.
• Wei Chen urged the group to keep Ning Chuan’s ability secret until he began controlling the passages, fearing the spy might leak it.
• Xu Yuan accused Ning Chuan of refusing to put the Federation first, and Qin Lang, Wei Chen, and Bai Qi challenged his claims.
• Ning Chuan agreed to trade with the King-tier dire beasts, and Xu Yuan teleported away to summon them.
• Ning Chuan told Wei Chen he had already planned to trade for help obtaining Realm-Breaking Dao Fruits and martial arts, and that the deal could also conceal the Federation’s trump card.

Liu Cangdong discussed obtaining the Nine Steps to the Ends of the World inheritance and reassured his companions that he held two of its three Casket-Breaking Secret Keys. Si Nanbo and Li Huo then intercepted the group, and Si Nanbo proposed an alliance against the Human Federation to claim more special passages.

• Xi Fengrou asked Liu Cangdong what they would do after Ning Chuan obtained Fan Yu's Casket-Breaking Secret Key, and Liu Cangdong said he could still open the sealed casket.
• Xiao Chen and Zhang Tianzhi asked Liu Cangdong for a chance to inherit Nine Steps to the Ends of the World in exchange for their help, and Liu Cangdong agreed.
• Liu Cangdong said he had two of the three Casket-Breaking Secret Keys and believed Ning Chuan would not know enough about the Divine Martial Stele to threaten his claim.
• Si Nanbo and Li Huo appeared before the group, and Si Nanbo proposed tearing up the special-passage allocation plan and joining forces against the Human Federation.
• Si Nanbo warned that native humans were favored by powerful Dao-lineage inheritances, leaving Xiao Chen and the others to consider his proposal.

Si Nanbo secured the Holy Heaven Alliance’s agreement to cooperate with the Council against the Federation in the Divine Martial Stele expedition, while privately revealing a possible link between his Prison Stone Law Spirit and the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage. Back in Heaven Suppression City No. 9, Ning Chuan recovered, found an ancient tree token in Fan Yu’s spatial ring, and began planning for the expedition before the ferocious beast leader arrived.

• Si Nanbo proposed that the Council and the Holy Heaven Alliance limit the Federation to fewer than five special passages, and Xiao Chen agreed on behalf of the alliance to the Council’s terms.
• Li Huo worried that the Council could not stand against the Holy Heaven Alliance’s share of the passages, but Si Nanbo privately revealed that he was a Prison Stone Law Spirit and hinted at a connection to the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.
• Ning Chuan returned to the Heavenly River, rested, and searched Fan Yu’s spatial ring, finding a pitch-black token engraved with an ancient tree.
• Ning Chuan studied the Martial Seals in Fan Yu’s ring and began planning how to handle the River Realm king-level ferocious beasts during the Divine Martial Stele expedition.
• Half a day later, the captain of the Heavenly River told Ning Chuan that the ferocious beast leader had arrived.

Ning Chuan took control of negotiations with the king-level fierce beasts over joining the Federation against the alien races. After Xu Yuan offered a mental power cultivation method without authority, Bai Qi put Ning Chuan in charge, leaving the Blazing Flame Lion to bargain with him directly.

• The Blazing Flame Lion claimed the fierce beasts could remain neutral or cooperate with the alien races, while Ning Chuan argued that the Federation was the stronger ally and warned the beasts they could not secure the Divine Martial Stele legacy alone.
• Xu Yuan offered the three River Realm fierce beasts special channels, but the Blazing Flame Lion demanded tangible benefits before risking a fight against the alien races.
• The Blazing Flame Lion asked for a mental power cultivation method, and Xu Yuan agreed immediately, hoping to exhaust the remaining inheritances and frustrate Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan interrupted the deal and told the Blazing Flame Lion to collect whatever Xu Yuan had promised from Xu Yuan himself.
• Bai Qi ordered Xu Yuan to sit down and declared that Ning Chuan would lead the negotiations, leaving the Blazing Flame Lion to seek Ning Chuan's consent for a cultivation method.

Ning Chuan negotiated with the fierce beasts over an alliance against the alien race and access to the Divine Martial Stele, but rejected their demands after detecting that they were lying about the alien race's offer. The talks remained unresolved as Ning Chuan confronted Xu Yuan over his handling of the negotiations.

• Ning Chuan offered to trade a mental strength cultivation method if the fierce beasts committed troops against the alien race and their three River Realm leaders obeyed his commands while seeking the Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and martial arts.
• The Blazing Flame Lion accepted the military condition but rejected Ning Chuan's orders, demanding the Divine Wave Meditation Method for all eight king-level fierce beasts instead.
• Ning Chuan used Divine Sense to detect that the Blazing Flame Lion, the Violent Earth Ape, and the Spirit Void Snake were lying about the alien race offering them a mental strength cultivation method.
• The three fierce beasts threatened to leave, then offered two additional Spring Realm Heavenly Kings if Ning Chuan dropped his second condition; Ning Chuan refused to rush the decision.
• Xu Yuan accused Ning Chuan of endangering the Federation by obstructing the negotiations, and Ning Chuan blamed Xu Yuan for exposing the Federation's position and challenged him to explain what he had done since the first talks with the alien race.

Ning Chuan challenged Xu Yuan's appeasement of the dire beasts and exposed their threat to ally with the foreign races as a bluff. The negotiations appeared likely to succeed, but Xu Yuan was left humiliated after his earlier concessions were revealed as needless.

• Ning Chuan confronted Xu Yuan over his willingness to surrender Federation interests and questioned his motives for protecting humanity.
• Xu Yuan threatened to make Ning Chuan's spiritual power cultivation methods public property if he disrupted the negotiations.
• The Blazing Flame Lion implied the dire beasts would join the foreign races unless the Federation met their demands.
• Ning Chuan challenged the dire beasts to accept his conditions and pointed out that the Council was unlikely to give them a spiritual power cultivation method.
• The three River Realm dire beasts briefly froze, exposing their bluff, and the Heavenly Kings surrounded them as the negotiations turned in the Federation's favor.
• Xu Yuan realized Ning Chuan had revealed his incompetence in the earlier negotiations and clenched his fists in humiliation.

Ning Chuan negotiated with the three River Realm fierce beasts while the Federation learned that the Alien Council and Holy Heaven Alliance had joined forces to contest the Divine Martial Stele’s special passages. He offered the beasts the Spirit Forging Meditation Method in exchange for following his arrangements, as a dispute over his demands broke out among the Federation’s Heavenly Kings.

• The Blazing Flame Lion and the Violent Earth Ape claimed they had rejected the aliens’ offer, while the Spirit Void Snake agreed to Ning Chuan’s conditions only if one was suspended when the Divine Martial Stele’s legacy appeared.
• Senior officers announced that the Alien Council and the Holy Heaven Alliance had torn up the previous allocation arrangement and opened the special passages to competition.
• The Blazing Flame Lion proposed that the fierce beasts and Federation form an alliance, but Ning Chuan argued that the beasts now needed the Federation more and offered them the Spirit Forging Meditation Method in exchange for following his arrangements inside the Divine Martial Stele.
• Xu Yuan accused Ning Chuan of pursuing personal gain, and Qin Lang confronted Xu Yuan for demanding that Ning Chuan give up his Divine Wave Meditation Method.
• Dong Kaiming stopped the argument and told Ning Chuan to finish negotiating before they discussed a countermeasure.

Ning Chuan secured Martial Dao Oaths from three River Realm fierce beasts, promising them the Spirit Forging Meditation Method in exchange for fighting for special passages. As the conference failed to find a way to counter the alien and Holy Heaven Alliance, Ye Wuchen proposed sending more Great River Realm Heavenly Kings into the Divine Martial Stele, while Bai Qi and Wei Chen agreed to remain behind to guard the Federation.

• The Blazing Flame Lion, Violent Earth Ape, and Spirit Void Snake agreed to follow Ning Chuan if they secured special passages, and Ning Chuan accepted their terms.
• Ning Chuan used the Stargazing Mystic Truth to strengthen the fierce beasts' Martial Dao Oaths, and the three swore to fight for special passages.
• The fierce beasts asked Ning Chuan to give them the Spirit Forging Meditation Method if they failed to secure any special passages, and he agreed.
• The Heavenly Kings debated how to counter the alliance between the aliens and the Holy Heaven Alliance but could not reach a solution.
• Ye Wuchen proposed sending more Great River Realm Heavenly Kings into the Divine Martial Stele, and no one objected.
• Bai Qi and Wei Chen agreed to stay behind to protect the Federation and the North Sea Domain.

Ye Wuchen organized the Federation’s plans for the Divine Martial Stele and assured Ning Chuan that he could still enter, while Ning Chuan kept his passage-controlling ability secret. Back in the Heavenly River, Ning Chuan consumed his final Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit and made major gains in his Mystic Truths and Heaven Severing Slash.

• Ye Wuchen arranged for himself, Dong Kaiming, and Xu Yuan to use special passages, and advised Dong Kaiming and Xu Yuan to send incarnations while protecting their Hearts of Law.
• Ye Wuchen instructed the Heavenly Kings to prioritize helping River Realm experts seize special passages before entering the Divine Martial Stele through ordinary passages.
• Ye Wuchen apologized to Ning Chuan for prioritizing the River Realm and Great River Realm experts, then offered to help him search for what he needed inside the stele.
• Ning Chuan concealed his ability to control special passages and told Ye Wuchen he would rely on luck to obtain one; Ye Wuchen asked him to meet up after entering.
• Ning Chuan returned to the Heavenly River and swallowed his last Realm-Breaking Dao Fruit, greatly advancing his foundational Flash Kill Mystic Truths, their fusion, and the Heaven Severing Slash.

Ning Chuan rejected Xu Yuan’s plan to trade his mental power cultivation methods to the Holy Heaven Alliance and refused to rely on the Federation’s protection in the coming battle. He revealed a spatial attack powerful enough to astonish Lu Zhan, leaving the battle’s outcome unsettled.

• Ning Chuan met Lu Zhan after he emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Third Heaven, and told him about the recent events and his ability to control the movement of special passages.
• Ning Chuan initially refused to meet Xu Yuan, but allowed him aboard the Heavenly River after learning he had brought several Heavenly Kings and claimed to have official business about the special passages.
• Xu Yuan proposed trading Ning Chuan’s two mental power cultivation methods to Holy Heaven Alliance Heavenly Kings in exchange for concessions in the battle, but Lu Zhan objected to strengthening the enemy.
• Ning Chuan rejected Xu Yuan’s plan and ordered him to leave; Xu Yuan warned that Luan Teng would likely target Ning Chuan during the battle and that Federation Heavenly Kings might be unable to protect him.
• Lu Zhan offered to face Luan Teng, but Ning Chuan refused and opened a dark spatial fissure whose force shook the observation deck and left Lu Zhan astonished.

On February 25, the Heavenly Kings gathered at the Divine Martial Stele and argued over the Federation’s lack of special passages. After Luan Teng challenged Ning Chuan, Ning Chuan accepted and flew out to face him.

• The Federation and ferocious-beast Heavenly Kings faced the larger forces of the Alien Council and Holy Heaven Alliance above the Divine Martial Stele.
• Luan Teng mocked the Federation, and Liu Wan, Liu Cangdong, and others traded accusations over the aliens’ alliance with the Holy Heaven Alliance.
• Luan Teng taunted Ning Chuan for lacking a special passage, and Ning Chuan said he could kill him outside the stele.
• Liu Cangdong ordered Zhang Yunwang to find Ning Chuan inside the Divine Martial Stele, seize Fan Yu’s Casket-Breaking Secret Key, and keep him away from Origin Martial Mountain.
• Luan Teng challenged Ning Chuan to fight, and Ning Chuan accepted before charging at him through the sky.
• Luan Teng and Ning Chuan surged toward each other, one wreathed in azure light and the other in golden radiance.