Recaps

Ning Chuan captured Ren Cang and uncovered the Moxuan Consortium’s involvement, but Ren Cang’s Soul-Controlling Seed exposed Ning Chuan’s false identity as a Divine Envoy. After killing Mo Shangyuan’s remnant and the two Holy Heaven Alliance Divine Slaves who confronted him, Ning Chuan abandoned concealment and vanished, ready to seize what he could by force.

• Ning Chuan met Ren Cang with Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong, searched Ren Cang’s soul, and learned about Mo Shangyuan’s support and the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains.
• Ning Chuan tried to use a Divine Oracle Talisman on Ren Cang, but a Soul-Controlling Seed emerged and Ren Cang’s soul exploded.
• Mo Shangyuan’s remnant recognized Ning Chuan as an impostor, and Ning Chuan killed the powerless remnant before it could reveal more.
• Nanshan Gong and Liu Cangdong demanded to know whether Ning Chuan had been pretending to be a Divine Envoy, and Ning Chuan admitted it before killing them.
• Ning Chuan accepted that his identity would be exposed and resolved to take what he wanted on the battlefield rather than keep hiding.

Ning Chuan created a stronger Soul-Searching Art and used it to recover fragments of information from Mo Shangyuan’s Soul-Controlling Seed. He learned how the Moxuan Consortium betrayed Horse Road Mountain, then faced the Holy Heaven Alliance’s six remaining Great River Realm Heavenly Kings.

• Ning Chuan fused several martial arts with the Spirit Detection Mystic Truth to create a new Soul-Searching Art, which manifested 66% of the Mystic Truth.
• Ning Chuan used the new art on the fading Soul-Controlling Seed fragments and learned that Mo Shangyuan’s seeds erased victims’ memories of being controlled.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Moxuan Consortium took Horse Road Mountain’s money, then betrayed it to the Nie Family without warning it about the young man’s close ties to Nie Yang.
• The Nie Family killed Horse Road Mountain’s minor commander and branch chief, blocking Horse Road Mountain’s bid to advance to a Bright Moon Grade force.
• Ning Chuan finished examining the recovered memories and turned toward the six remaining Great River Realm Heavenly Kings of the Holy Heaven Alliance.

Ning Chuan used the Mountain and River Seal to kill six Great River Realm Heavenly Kings in one strike, crippling the Holy Heaven Alliance. He then charged at Gu Yunyou, whose Mountain Realm Law Domain slowed his advance.

• Ning Chuan confronted the six Heavenly Kings and declared that none of them would survive to see Gu Yunyou.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Mountain and River Seal and annihilated all six Heavenly Kings with a single strike.
• Gu Yunyou arrived, saw the alliance’s six Heavenly Kings dead, and roared furiously at Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan charged toward Gu Yunyou at tremendous speed, and Gu Yunyou moved to meet him rather than flee.
• Gu Yunyou unleashed his Mountain Realm Law Domain, slowing Ning Chuan as he advanced.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Gu Yunyou in their battle, using the Mountain and River Seal and Heaven-Overturning Seal to drive the Sea Realm Heavenly King deep beneath the snowy plain. Witnesses recorded and reported the fight, and news of Ning Chuan’s victory spread across both ancient stars.

• Ning Chuan used the Mountain and River Seal to break Gu Yunyou’s Heaven-Overturning Seal and send him flying.
• Ning Chuan pursued Gu Yunyou and struck him with a Heaven-Overturning Seal he had mastered even better than Gu Yunyou.
• Gu Yunyou’s Heaven-Suppressing Sword failed to stop Ning Chuan’s attack, which drove him tens of thousands of meters underground and devastated the snowy plain.
• Venomous Sting and other Divine Generals and Knights recorded the battle and reported that Ning Chuan had suppressed Gu Yunyou from start to finish.
• Witnesses’ accounts spread across the two ancient stars, causing a widespread uproar.

Ning Chuan’s victory over the Holy Heaven Alliance drew attention across the realms, prompting Horse Road Mountain and the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom to consider their next moves. As Ning Chuan continued fighting Gu Yunyou on the Blood Curtain Plateau, a powerful figure from the Divine Kingdom set out, apparently seeking the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.

• People across Martial Star and the Heavenly Martial Realm celebrated Ning Chuan’s defeat of the Holy Heaven Alliance, while factions of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom discussed his strength.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan debated whether Ning Chuan had truly cooperated with the black-robed Divine Slave, then considered approaching him to ally with Xiao Yue.
• A senior officer told the Military Lord aboard the Sun Core about Ning Chuan’s exploits, and the Military Lord departed, hoping to obtain the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.
• Ning Chuan kept the upper hand against Gu Yunyou on the Blood Curtain Plateau, using his movement and martial techniques to drive Gu Yunyou back.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed Gu Yunyou in battle, then used Void Law to evade the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains when Gu Yunyou tried to trap him. The chapter ended with Ning Chuan grabbing Gu Yunyou’s arm before he could activate his escape weapon.

• Ning Chuan battered Gu Yunyou with the Heaven-Overturning Seal, Mountain and River Seal, and Heaven Severing Slash, breaking his armor of light and badly wounding him.
• Gu Yunyou hurled seven Great River Realm Law Bombs at Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan survived and struck back with Heaven-Chaos Force.
• Gu Yunyou fought toward the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains while Ning Chuan pretended not to notice and continued attacking him.
• Gu Yunyou shrank the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains and sent them lunging at Ning Chuan to imprison him.
• Ning Chuan concealed himself with Void Law, escaped the chains, and seized Gu Yunyou’s left arm before he could activate his escape weapon.

Ning Chuan pursued Gu Yunyou into space but stopped at the edge of the Heavenly Martial Realm after sensing a deadly threat. He confronted Nie Yang, a Demigod of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom, who demanded the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance, while two women watched from a distant carriage and discussed Ning Chuan’s prospects.

• Ning Chuan tore off Gu Yunyou’s left arm, severed his connection to its spatial ring, and seized control of the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains.
• Gu Yunyou escaped with the Gloomlight Escape, and Ning Chuan pursued him toward outer space.
• Ning Chuan sensed danger at the edge of the Heavenly Martial Realm, stopped, and called for the hidden threat to reveal itself.
• Nie Yang appeared and demanded that Ning Chuan hand over the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance; Ning Chuan asked what he would receive in return.
• A veiled woman and her green-dressed maid watched the confrontation and discussed whether Ning Chuan would submit and whether their company should sign him.

At the edge of Heavenly Martial Realm, Ning Chuan provoked Demigod Nie Yang in hopes of observing his Law, but Nie Yang's attack triggered the planet's ancient defenses. The defenses blocked the blow and wounded Nie Yang, who then vanished, leaving Ning Chuan to absorb insights from the clash.

• Ning Chuan asked Nie Yang which Law had made him a Demigod and dismissed the Myriad Nuclei Law because he had already mastered it.
• Ning Chuan mocked Nie Yang and challenged him to attack, hoping to observe his Law.
• Nie Yang unleashed a giant flaming palm toward Heavenly Martial Realm, but the planet's defensive mechanism formed a shield that stopped it.
• Heavenly Martial Realm summoned a war halberd that struck Nie Yang and sent him flying, badly injured.
• Nie Yang wiped away his blood, looked at Ning Chuan, and vanished.

Jiang Luoshui and Qing Meng discussed Martial Star’s defenses and the Universe Broadcasting Group’s plans to livestream its revival, but Jiang Luoshui refused to sign Ning Chuan unless he survived the threats against him. As Mo Shangyuan and allied factions prepared to send partners into the Heavenly Martial Realm to kill Ning Chuan, he remained outside its atmosphere listening to notifications.

• Jiang Luoshui told Qing Meng that Martial Star’s defenses had once killed a True God, though they had weakened over time.
• Qing Meng urged Jiang Luoshui to sign Ning Chuan for the Universe Broadcasting Group’s livestream, but Jiang Luoshui said he first had to survive.
• Jiang Luoshui revealed that Mo Shangyuan had allied with several factions to open a passage through the North Sea Domain and send partners into the Heavenly Martial Realm to kill Ning Chuan and seize the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s inheritance.
• Jiang Luoshui and Qing Meng discussed recruiting Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom geniuses and Law Spirits to attract viewers beyond the kingdom.
• Ning Chuan remained outside the Heavenly Martial Realm’s atmosphere and listened to the notifications in his mind.

After observing Nie Yang, Ning Chuan gained a wealth of law insights and wondered whether Nie Yang’s unusual Heaven-Shrouding One Palm was a Divine Art. He then took Gu Yunyou’s weapons and Soul-Generating Pills, strengthened his martial arts and mental power, and headed to the Beast Emperor Hall to test another way of advancing.

• Ning Chuan reviewed the laws he had comprehended from Nie Yang and asked Bai Zhi why the laws in Heaven-Shrouding One Palm seemed unrelated; Bai Zhi suggested it might be a Divine Art.
• Ning Chuan sensed that something might be watching him, then erased the imprint on Gu Yunyou’s spatial ring and claimed the Black Heavenly Dragon Chains, Brahma Spear, and Heaven-Suppressing Sword.
• Ning Chuan studied the two Martial Seals and advanced both martial arts to the third level, raising their contained laws to the Third Heaven.
• Ning Chuan swallowed over a hundred Soul-Generating Pills and felt his mental strength rise rapidly.
• Ning Chuan set out for the Beast Emperor Hall to test whether its flesh-and-blood energy could help him advance.

Ning Chuan harvested the Beast Emperor Hall’s ferocious beasts and hunted across the chaotic Heavenly Martial Realm after killing Xi Fengrou. Meanwhile, Gu Yunyou returned to a secret realm and learned from Mo Shangyuan that Ning Chuan had disguised himself as a Divine Slave and likely deceived Liu Cangdong and Nanshan Gong.

• Ning Chuan found the Beast Emperor Hall in ruins and learned that its people had fled or fought over valuables amid the realm’s chaos.
• Xi Fengrou congratulated Ning Chuan and offered to gather ferocious beasts for him, but Ning Chuan killed her without explanation.
• Ning Chuan used his Mountain Realm Law Domain to capture and refine every beast on the hall’s eighteen mountains, then left to hunt stronger beasts across the realm.
• Ning Chuan saw powerful Martial Artists exploit the turmoil and recognized that a struggle for supremacy had begun across the Heavenly Martial Realm.
• Gu Yunyou entered a secret realm using a Key of Space and told Mo Shangyuan that Ning Chuan had nearly killed him despite the clan-protecting weapon.
• Mo Shangyuan explained that Ning Chuan could disguise himself as a Divine Slave, leading Gu Yunyou to suspect that Liu Cangdong and Nanshan Gong had been deceived into cooperating with Ning Chuan.

Mo Shangyuan recruited Gu Yunyou into a seven-Sea-Realm alliance to kill Ning Chuan and seize the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s inheritance, while Ning Chuan headed to Horse Road Mountain seeking two Spirits of Law Comprehension. Chu Longye and Mo Lan decided to cooperate with Ning Chuan despite learning he had impersonated a Divine Slave, and prepared to confront him as he arrived.

• Mo Shangyuan told Gu Yunyou that Ning Chuan had survived Demigod Nie Yang’s attack and laid out a plan for seven Sea Realm cultivators to join forces against him.
• Gu Yunyou agreed to travel to the North Sea Domain and help seize the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.
• Ning Chuan returned to his former disguise and used the Key of Space to open a portal to the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm, hoping to obtain the Spirits of Law Comprehension for the Supreme Yin and Ultimate Yang Laws.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan realized Ning Chuan had posed as the black-robed Divine Slave and decided Horse Road Mountain would still work with him, while planning to expose his disguise and intimidate him.
• A black-robed figure appeared in the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm, and Chu Longye and Mo Lan noticed him.

Ning Chuan confronted Chu Longye and Mo Lan after they exposed his identity, demanding the Supreme Yin and Ultimate Yang Spirits of Law Comprehension as payment for his help. He threatened Horse Road Mountain with the consequences of its conflicts with the Military Department and the Nie Family, while Chu Longye tried to intimidate him with the strength of the kingdom’s geniuses.

• Ning Chuan removed his disguise after Chu Longye and Mo Lan identified him as a Martial Star native posing as a Divine Slave.
• Ning Chuan demanded the Spirits of Law Comprehension for the Supreme Yin Law and Ultimate Yang Law, rejecting Chu Longye’s offer to trade them and a King-Bestowing martial art for the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance.
• Ning Chuan warned that Horse Road Mountain’s role in Lin Fengyang’s death and Li Wenyue’s killing could give Nie Yang grounds to attack the faction.
• Ning Chuan threatened to kill Horse Road Mountain’s divine son and daughter, but Chu Longye argued that their mastery of multiple third-grade Laws made them far stronger than Gu Yunyou.
• Ning Chuan claimed that he too had multiple high-grade Laws, and Chu Longye dismissed him by pointing out that his third-grade Law was only at the Fifth Heaven.

Ning Chuan formed Hearts of Law for All Things Penetration and Mountain Realm, surprising Chu Longye and Mo Lan. Horse Road Mountain offered him Spirits of Law Comprehension in exchange for an alliance to pursue ancient inheritances, and Ning Chuan agreed on the condition that they leave the Federation alone while asking for a better price.

• Ning Chuan advanced the All Things Penetration Law to the Spring Realm and formed its Heart of Law, startling Chu Longye and Mo Lan.
• Ning Chuan revealed his Heart of Law of Mountain Realm, leaving Chu Longye shocked that he had formed two Third-Grade Hearts of Law.
• Mo Lan offered Spirits of Law Comprehension for the supreme yin law and ultimate yang law in exchange for Ning Chuan cooperating with Horse Road Mountain.
• Mo Lan explained that Horse Road Mountain wanted Ning Chuan to ally with Yue Hao and compete for ancient inheritances after Martial Star's resurgence, without undermining the Federation's rule.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had learned of Horse Road Mountain's conflict with the Nie Family by probing Mo Shangyuan's Soul-Controlling Seed.
• Ning Chuan agreed to cooperate as long as Horse Road Mountain did not target the Federation, then asked for a higher price in return for destroying Mo Shangyuan's Soul-Controlling Seed.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Mo Lan and Chu Longye for resources from Horse Road Mountain, then revealed that he had comprehended not one but four second-grade Laws. The chapter ended with the two representatives stunned by his display.

• Ning Chuan asked Horse Road Mountain to honor their earlier agreement and provide six Spirits of Law Comprehension and the Sole Self Divine Art.
• Ning Chuan cited his role in injuring Nie Yang to justify his price, then explained that Nie Yang had ambushed him outside the Heavenly Martial Realm.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had comprehended the True Realm Law, leaving Chu Longye and Mo Lan shocked.
• Chu Longye sensed the Piercing Law from Ning Chuan and realized that Ning Chuan had mastered a second second-grade Law.
• Ning Chuan revealed the Void Law and the Prison Heaven Law, showing that he had comprehended four second-grade Laws in total.

Ning Chuan revealed that he had mastered four Second-Grade Laws, convincing Chu Longye and Mo Lan that his cooperation was worth his price. They brought the proposal to Horse Road Mountain’s chiefs, who were stunned by his talent and prepared to decide whether to accept.

• Ning Chuan demanded that Horse Road Mountain agree to his terms and provide the Spirits of Law Comprehension for the Supreme Yin Law and the Ultimate Yang Law, threatening to expose the group and target its divine son and daughter if it refused.
• Mo Lan told Ning Chuan that she and Chu Longye needed to consult the other five chiefs before deciding, then their avatars dispersed.
• Chu Longye and Mo Lan used Horse Road Mountain’s secure round-table device to brief the other chiefs about Ning Chuan’s four Second-Grade Laws.
• Horse Road Mountain’s chiefs debated whether Ning Chuan’s displayed mastery was genuine, and Mo Lan confirmed that his battle records supported it.
• Yan Mo, Horse Road Mountain’s first chief, said the chiefs should already agree on whether to accept Ning Chuan’s proposal.

Ning Chuan secured Horse Road Mountain’s cooperation and learned that it would provide him with Spirit of Law Comprehension and other resources on credit. The chapter ended with Mo Lan and Chu Longye stunned when Ning Chuan ordered ten thousand Dragon Blood Pills.

• Mo Lan told Ning Chuan that Horse Road Mountain agreed to cooperate and had bought eight types of Spirit of Law Comprehension for him, while the Sole Self Divine Art was still on its way.
• Mo Lan warned Ning Chuan that killing Lin Fengyang could attract hostile geniuses seeking favor with the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom’s Military Department.
• Ning Chuan said he might need two Spirits of Law Comprehension for Third-Grade Laws if Lin Fengyang’s silver box did not contain the Ultimate Heart Law, and Mo Lan agreed he could obtain them on credit in exchange for future Dao lineages.
• Ning Chuan asked Horse Road Mountain for body-cultivation resources, and Mo Lan recommended Dragon Blood Pills made from starry-sky behemoths.
• Ning Chuan ordered ten thousand Dragon Blood Pills, leaving Mo Lan and Chu Longye speechless.

Ning Chuan negotiated with Horse Road Mountain over Dragon Blood Pills, offering the Heavenly Martial Realm’s clan-protecting martial arts in exchange while refusing to surrender control of the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance. After Mo Lan offered only two thousand pills, Yan Mo appeared and offered ten thousand, leaving Ning Chuan to ask what Horse Road Mountain wanted in return.

• Ning Chuan asked Mo Lan and Chu Longye whether Horse Road Mountain could provide ten thousand Dragon Blood Pills and offered the Heavenly Martial Realm’s clan-protecting martial arts as payment.
• Chu Longye explained that the martial arts would not command a high price unless they formed a complete set, then warned Ning Chuan that his low realm and incomplete inheritance could disadvantage him against Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom geniuses.
• Chu Longye hinted that Horse Road Mountain might provide the pills in exchange for the Prison-Suppressing Manor’s supreme inheritance, but Ning Chuan refused to let the organization take it.
• Mo Lan offered to destroy the realm spirit so Ning Chuan could control the inheritance alone, but Ning Chuan rejected the proposal and agreed to accept at most two thousand Dragon Blood Pills.
• Yan Mo arrived and offered Ning Chuan ten thousand Dragon Blood Pills, prompting Ning Chuan to ask what conditions Horse Road Mountain required.

Ning Chuan agreed to cooperate with Yan Mo over a possible Divine Art inheritance and obtained the Ultimate Heart Law, whose cultivation speed surged by more than a thousand times. After receiving a communicator that could access the wider universe’s networks, he asked how the Universe Broadcasting Group compared with Martial Star in its golden age.

• Ning Chuan agreed to have Horse Road Mountain auction any unrestricted Divine Art inheritance he obtained, while keeping their cooperation secret and disguising Yue Hao’s alliance with him.
• Horse Road Mountain transported eight Spirits of Law Comprehension and a translucent bracelet through the Ancient Pilgrimage Path as the silver box’s energy ran out.
• Ning Chuan opened the silver box and discovered the Ultimate Heart Law, which fused eighteen Mystic Truths and reached the Third Heaven at 99% progress.
• The Ultimate Heart Law gained a cultivation speed boost of over a thousand times, prompting Ning Chuan to estimate how quickly it could reach the Spring Realm and form a Heart of Law.
• Mo Lan and Chu Longye explained that the bracelet was a communicator linked to the Universe Broadcasting Group’s extensive network, and Ning Chuan asked how the group compared with Martial Star in its golden age.

Ning Chuan learned more about Martial Star’s erased history and showed Horse Road Mountain’s leaders how rapidly he could cultivate Laws. He stayed hidden in the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm to study intelligence and cultivate, advancing several Laws and forming a third Heart of Law as a fourth drew near.

• Chu Longye and Mo Lan told Ning Chuan that a devastating war had ended Martial Star’s former glory and that powerful forces kept its history secret.
• Mo Lan explained that Martial Star’s defenses blocked unrestricted network access and offered to send Ning Chuan intelligence on the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom.
• Ning Chuan used six Spirits of Law Comprehension at extraordinary speed, startling Chu Longye and Mo Lan, then called himself a developer of Laws.
• Horse Road Mountain sent Ning Chuan intelligence, and he stayed in the Heavenly Weapon Secret Realm while waiting for Dragon Blood Pills and the Sole Self Divine Art.
• Ning Chuan’s Ultimate Heart Law and six Third-Grade Laws reached the Fifth Heaven’s perfection, and his Illusory Spirit Law reached the Spring Realm and formed his third Heart of Law.
• By the fifth day, Ning Chuan’s understanding of the Ultimate Heart Law had deepened enough that a fourth Heart of Law was within reach.

Gu Yunyou reopened the passage through the North Sea Domain, and four Law Spirits and Li Dao arrived from the Heavenly Martial Realm. They debated how to hunt Ning Chuan, with the Law Spirits dismissing Gu Yunyou’s warnings and boasting that they wielded Third-Grade Laws.

• Gu Yunyou used a plaque of light to open a vortex that absorbed the raging energy and restored the connection between Martial Star and the Heavenly Martial Realm.
• Four Law Spirits and Li Dao emerged, and Gu Yunyou learned that Si Nanbo had gone after Bai Qi and Wei Chen.
• Gu Yunyou identified Li Dao as the Changye Corps representative and the three Law Spirits as representatives of the Zhu, Tang, and Song families.
• Gu Yunyou proposed blockading the North Sea Domain and threatening Ning Chuan’s friends and family, but the Law Spirits urged a search across Attendant Star instead.
• Gu Yunyou warned that Ning Chuan was powerful and stealthy, but the snake-haired Law Spirit scoffed and revealed that all the Law Spirits possessed Third-Grade Laws.

Seven Sea Realm experts threatened the Federation and targeted Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and other powerful figures to force Ning Chuan to hand over the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage. As the Federation argued over whether Ning Chuan should appear, he finished studying information about the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom and expected his Ultimate Heart Law to advance to the Spring Realm that day.

• Gu Yunyou persuaded the Law Spirits and other Sea Realm experts to delay their hunt for Ning Chuan until they could gather seven attackers and improve their chances.
• The Sea Realm experts agreed to hunt Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and others in the North Sea Domain and use their capture to force Ning Chuan to appear.
• The experts broadcast threats against the Federation unless Ning Chuan surrendered the Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage, prompting officials and citizens to react as the news spread.
• Factions of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom used the Federation's network to explain the Law Spirits' revival, blood sacrifices, and the delivery of healing medicine to Martial Star.
• Federation citizens argued over whether Ning Chuan should face the seven experts or remain hidden, while Ning Chuan read Horse Road Mountain's information and sensed that his Ultimate Heart Law would soon advance to the Spring Realm.

Ning Chuan received word that Horse Road Mountain had sent the Dragon Blood Pill and Sole Self Divine Art, while considering whether a major achievement could earn him a loan from the Universe First Cultivator Bank. As the crisis in the North Sea Domain escalated, people close to him and Federation forces mobilized to support the rescue effort, though seven Sea Realm experts remained inside the domain.

• Ning Chuan joked with Chu Longye about debt, asked whether the Universe First Cultivator Bank might lend to him, and learned that Horse Road Mountain had sent the Dragon Blood Pill and Sole Self Divine Art.
• Qin Ya decided to go to the North Sea Domain, and Ye Qingwu agreed to conceal her while she contacted Ning Chuan through the domain's internal network.
• Lu Zhan took Lu Mengyue north, while Su Yun watched anxiously from Qingshan No. 1 High School.
• Bai Xiuxiu left for the far north in her Truth Mecha despite headquarters initially refusing her transfer request, and a Heavenly King accepted that she could help defend against enemy forces.
• The military headquarters discovered that awakened Law Spirits were killing people for blood sacrifices and tying down several Heavenly Kings, leaving the Federation short of reinforcements.

Ning Chuan received Dragon Blood Pills and the Sole Self Divine Art, then learned that seven Sea Realm cultivators had sealed the North Sea Domain and threatened the Federation. He raced there alone, confident he could save Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Ye Wuchen, and told the military to stop its rescue operation.

• Ning Chuan examined the Dragon Blood Pills, confirmed they were safe, and swallowed one before storing the rest.
• Mo Lan explained the Sole Self Divine Art’s twelve levels, and Ning Chuan learned that the Moxuan Consortium, three alliances, and Changye Corps were targeting his Prison-Suppressing Dao Lineage.
• Chu Longye told Ning Chuan that seven Sea Realm cultivators had sealed the North Sea Domain and were threatening the Federation while hunting Bai Qi and Wei Chen.
• Ning Chuan ignored Mo Lan and Chu Longye’s warnings, declared that all seven Sea Realm cultivators would die, and left the secret realm.
• Ning Chuan checked the news, raced toward the North Sea Domain, and messaged the Federation military that he would handle the crisis alone and bring Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Ye Wuchen back safely.

After learning that Ning Chuan had gone to confront the seven Sea Realm cultivators, the Federation and the factions of the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom speculated about his motives and strength. Ning Chuan reached the North Sea Domain, where Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Ye Wuchen were under attack, and opened the fight by striking Si Nanbo with his war spear.

• The Federation split its forces between the battle in the far north and stopping the blood sacrifices, while news of Ning Chuan’s plan spread through the Myriad Stars Divine Kingdom.
• Various factions debated whether Ning Chuan could defeat the seven Sea Realm cultivators, with many assuming he planned to bargain or would be easy to exploit.
• Ning Chuan entered the North Sea Domain and detected Bai Qi, Wei Chen, and Ye Wuchen holding out against five Law Spirits, an alien, and Gu Yunyou.
• Si Nanbo threatened to kill the three captives unless Ning Chuan surrendered, while Bai Qi and Wei Chen resisted and searched for a chance to escape.
• Ning Chuan hurled a black-and-red war spear into Si Nanbo’s chest, then appeared before the startled Sea Realm cultivators and asked if he was the one they had been looking for.